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Auto-translate: Elon Musk has just unveiled the latest feature of X (formerly Twitter): the ability to make audio and video calls through the platform. This i
by ColinWright 3y ago
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Elon Musk has just unveiled the latest feature of X (formerly Twitter): the ability to make audio and video calls through the platform.
This idea has been in the works for some time, and Musk clarified this week that these are currently "early versions" of the site's new communication tools.
It's unclear if this service is only available to users who pay for verification through X's premium subscription. However, the new features didn't impress some X users at all.
"Who asked for this?" read a post on X. "Elon is wasting money on pointless things – we already have WhatsApp, Discord and standard messaging apps?"
"This sounds great to those who want it, which I'm not one of," another user said in response to Musk's post.
Musk has often spoken about his plans to turn the platform — formerly known as Twitter — into an "everything app" similar to China's WeChat, which offers messaging and video chats, food delivery, banking, and shopping, among other services.
Since taking over the company in 2022, he's introduced a number of new features, including the ability to post longer videos and a revamped payment verification system.
He also said that X will soon start offering financial services and the ability to pay for things – and promised that users would be able to manage their "entire financial world" through the app.
Despite all its new features, X is still struggling to reverse the decline in user numbers after months of chaos on the social media platform.
According to data from Apptopia, the X app has lost 13 percent of its daily active users since Musk bought the company last year, reports the Big Technology Newsletter.