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Musk Promises X Will Offer XChat 'This Week'—Will It Challenge WhatsApp?

On June 1, 2025, Elon Musk revealed that X, previously known as Twitter, is introducing an upgraded direct messaging service featuring enhanced capabilities such as encrypted communication, vanishing messages, and file sharing, under the name XChat.
XChat follows beta testing among select users and builds on recent efforts to add privacy features as part of Musk's plan to make X an everything app.
XChat offers vanishing messages, end-to-end encryption described as 'Bitcoin-style', audio/video calling without phone numbers, and file-sharing across platforms.
Experts and the crypto community have raised doubts about the accuracy of the term 'Bitcoin-style encryption', noting Bitcoin transactions are signed but not encrypted.
XChat's rollout may face scaling issues amid recent service instability, but it represents a key step toward Musk’s goal to expand X’s functionality beyond social media.

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X services down? Reports of service disruption surge

Users reported widespread outages on Elon Musk's X platform Tuesday.

2 days ago·United States

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Musk’s X Aims to Soothe EU Regulators With Blue Check Disclaimer

Elon Musk’s social network X is showing users a prominent disclaimer about the platform’s blue checkmark program in a bid to appease concerns from the European Union’s content regulators that it’s deceptive and should be overhauled.

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Elon Musk introduces XChat with similar features to WhatsApp

X app will now include a new version of DM called XChat. Know what it is and what features it will offer to compete with WhatsApp.

3 days ago·New Delhi, India

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Elon Musk turning X DMs into XChat, make audio, video calls without phone number

The new messaging service will have disappearing messages and the ability to share files. The development has also raised questions if Musk's platform could become a competitor to WhatsApp

3 days ago·Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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You Will Be Able to Use XChat without a Number, Elon Musk Brought a New Chatting Feature and This Is How It Will Work

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has launched XChat. It has many special features for the convenience of the users. There will be no need to link the mobile number for this. Talking about the messaging feature, Musk said that Bitcoin level encryption has been used in it. Let us know about it in detail.

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