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Mumbai is voting in the BMC elections today, with a public holiday declared across the city. Government offices, banks, schools, stock markets and liquor outlets are closed. Local trains, Metro services, BEST buses, hospitals and emergency services remain operational to help voters reach polling booths across 227 wards.

Elon Musk has launched XChat to rival WhatsApp, enabling privacy features like end-to-end encryption, screenshot blocking, and disappearing messages. The XChat app currently allows users to only chat with X users, limiting its reach. The app has been launched amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding WhatsApp and its end-to-end encryption being questioned. The launch arrives as WhatsApp finds itself mired in a growing legal battle over the very privacy promises it has long made to its billions of users.

What is XChat?

Platform X has officially launched a brand-new, standalone communication app called XChat. Initially available exclusively for iOS users, this release serves as Elon Musk's direct declaration of war against Meta's dominant messaging giants, Messenger and WhatsApp. Focusing entirely on user-to-user communication, XChat strips away the noise of social media feeds to provide a dedicated messaging experience.

The app supports 46 languages and only requires an X account to sign up. This app will help users connect their existing X contacts for calling, chatting, and sharing files. The app is currently available only for iOS users.