X DMs could quickly be kaput. On Tuesday, an organization software program engineer posted on the platform that "the entire total DM's will likely be gone quickly." However the former Twitter isn't eliminating messaging; the corporate is alleged to be changing it with a full-fledged chatting system referred to as XChat.
X Software program Engineer Zach Warunek replied to a different person who requested whether or not XChat would substitute message requests. "No, not like request messages however like the entire total DM's will likely be gone quickly," the engineer replied. Engadget contacted Warunek to ask a couple of timeframe for the characteristic, and we'll replace this text if we hear again.
No, not like request messages however like the entire total DM’s will likely be gone quickly
— Zach Warunek (@ZachWarunek) April 16, 2025
These aren't the primary rumors we've seen about XChat. Early this yr, the X account @xDaily posted a screenshot exhibiting an XChat icon as an alternative of Messages within the platform's sidebar. In February, proprietor Elon Musk wrote that, inside a number of months, he would discontinue his telephone quantity and solely use X for texts and calls. Then, @swak_12 (through Android Headlines) posted screenshots this month exhibiting a PIN verification display (much like safe messaging apps like Sign) for XChat.
One more alleged leak posted on Wednesday by @P4mui contains extra screenshots and an inventory of XChat options, together with absolutely encrypted end-to-end messaging, file transfers and the flexibility to unread messages and delete particular person ones for all customers.
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