UPDATE (4/27): After weeks of testing with a small group of volunteers, X’s standalone app XChat has debuted on the Apple App Store. Now all iPhone users can download the app and log in using their X (formerly Twitter) credentials.
Encryption and privacy are at the core of the app’s marketing materials. “Chat with anyone on X in a dedicated, focused space for chatting. No ads. No tracking. Completely encrypted,” the app’s App Store description reads.
Along with these security measures, the app allows users to edit or delete messages, block screenshots, share large files, and enable disappearing messages.
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Group chats with up to 350 members is another key feature. Users can join chat groups through invitation links. The feature is intended to replace X Communities, which will be discontinued on May 6 “due to declining usage,” said Nikita Bier, X’s head of product. he said last week. He added that the limit of 350 members will be increased in the future.
I was able to download the X app on my iPhone, but I couldn’t test all the features right away.
Original Story (3/4): Again another encrypted messaging service is about to enter the market. X, formerly known as Twitter, is now testing a standalone X Chat app for iOS on Apple’s TestFlight platform.
Like TechCrunch reportsOn Monday, X invited 1,000 testers to try the app’s initial beta, but slots filled up within the first two hours. The company later expanded the program to 5,000 users and is now seeking early feedback from them.
“Over the past few months, we’ve been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS… Use it. Hack it. We want your feedback,” said Michael Boswell, product designer at xAI. placed on tuesday.
X Chat It’s the mobile app version of X’s messaging icon major update in November. Improved X’s vanilla DM feature by adding encryption and allowing messages to be edited, deleted, or auto-deleted after a while. You can also create chat groups, share files and set a custom password for the updated messaging icon.
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Encryption remained X Chat’s biggest selling point. X owner Elon Musk on Joe Rogan’s podcast in October he said said the service is built on a peer-to-peer encryption system similar to Bitcoin and is “the least insecure of any messaging system.”
A lawsuit was filed earlier this year he claimed While WhatsApp’s encryption could be penetrated, Musk used the moment to promote X Chat’s encryption. “WhatsApp is not safe. Even Signal is suspect. Use X Chat,” he said he tweeted. WhatsApp head Will Cathcart responded, saying it was “an unsubstantiated, headline-seeking lawsuit filed by the same firm that defended NSO after spyware attacks on journalists and government officials.”
Several testers shared screenshots The X Chat interface and its design elements seem to borrow from X and Grok. According to Grok’s, an Android version of the beta app is expected soon the answer to a user request.
