Elon Musk has launched the XChat messaging app: what we know about it
This was announced on XChat’s official page on the social network X, according to Channel 24.
American entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk has launched a new messaging app, XChat.
It is a standalone app from the X platform, which could become a competitor to Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal.
XChat is currently available on the App Store. The app can only be downloaded on iOS, with an Android version expected to follow later.
XChat features end-to-end encrypted messaging. The app also has a function to delete messages for all chat participants.
Users are promised voice and video calls between devices, Grok integrated directly into the chat, as well as a ban on screenshots and recording conversations.
In addition, the messenger is set to include secret chats with disappearing messages, no adverts, and group chats for up to 500 people.
XChat supports X accounts, so you can log in to the app via your account on this social network.
The messenger was launched following testing among a limited group of users and has already generated significant interest.
According to Nikita Bira, Head of Product at the X platform, the app rose to the top spot in the US App Store within the first few hours of its release.
XChat has displaced OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude from the top spot.
At the same time, experts are already raising concerns about security and encryption transparency.
The company claims to offer secure communication, but details of the security system’s implementation remain limited at this stage.
Meanwhile, the X platform is shutting down its Communities feature due to low user activity and a large number of complaints about spam and fraud.
Instead, the company is shifting its focus to the new XChat messenger.
Less than 0.4% of X platform users utilised the Communities feature. At the same time, it was linked to approximately 80% of all complaints regarding spam, financial scams and malicious software.
Previously, X also launched the ‘About This Account’ page. It shows the location of users’ personal profiles.
This feature was introduced to increase transparency and help users assess the authenticity of content.
However, the innovation caused concern among some users, particularly those from countries with limited freedom of speech. Questions
also arose regarding the accuracy of such data. As a result, some of the information was subsequently removed.
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