The social network X (ex-Twitter) will make it possible to make audio and video calls, its owner Elon Musk has just announced. “Audio and video calls are coming to X,” Elon Musk wrote in a message on the platform, without indicating the launch date of these new functions.
They will be accessible on Android, iOS, Mac and PC, and without the need for a phone number, he said. “X is the global directory,” he added.
A “universal application” inspired by WeChat in China
In July, Elon Musk and his new chief executive Linda Yaccarino announced Twitter’s renaming to X, saying the network would become a “universal app” modeled after China’s WeChat that would allow users to socialize and manage their finance.
X’s payment arm, Twitter Payments, on Monday received a ‘crucial’ currency remittance license from the US state of Rhode Island, allowing it to ‘engage in cryptocurrency-related activities’ such as exchanges. , wallets and payments, cryptocurrency specialist website CoinWire reported this week. This license allows X to “securely store, transfer, and facilitate the exchange of digital assets on behalf of its users,” according to CoinWire.
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter last October, the platform’s advertising business has plummeted as advertisers have been put off by his management style and massive layoffs in the content moderation field. In response, the billionaire scaled the model to a paying subscriber base. It also removed the Twitter logo, replacing the blue bird with a white X.