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New challenge for WhatsApp and Instagram, Elon Musk’s entry with X Chat
Samira Vishwas | November 19, 2025 10:24 AM CST

X Direct Messaging: Elon Musk social media platforms of X Has created a stir in the world of messaging. Now a new feature X Chat has started launching on the platform, which WhatsApp And Instagram Like the tension of the veterans has increased. This feature is currently being rolled out for iOS and web users, while it will also be available on Android soon. X Chat is actually an upgraded version of the existing DM feature, in which users will get a stronger end-to-end encrypted, privacy-focused chatting experience. It supports both one-on-one and group messaging.

Voice and video calling, file sharing and advanced chatting features

X Chat isn’t just limited to texting. It also includes facilities like voice call, video call, file sharing. According to reports, the voice memo feature will also be added to the platform soon. Not only this, users can also edit, delete or auto-disappear their messages. Keeping security in mind, X has added a special feature that if someone takes a screenshot of your chat, you will also get a notification. The biggest thing is that there will be no advertising or tracking in this chat, which makes it completely privacy-centric.

Paid users will get premium tools

Elon Musk has indicated that paid users will get many special features in X Chat, including

  • Expanded Storage
  • Priority Support
  • Early Access to Experimental Tools

The special thing about X Chat is that it has been developed on Rust programming language. Rust is famous for its speed, security, and data-protection standards like the Bitcoin protocol, making it an even safer chatting experience.

Which users will get the new feature?

To use encrypted direct messaging, you must have the latest version of the Both the users follow or subscribe to each other. You may have messaged each other before, or sent/received encrypted DMs before.

X’s plan regarding security

At present Currently, protection against man-in-the-middle attacks is not complete.

The company said that if a “malicious insider or even However, the company is soon going to release new authentication tools for device verification and message integrity.


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