X, formerly known as Twitter, is reportedly working on a new messaging service called ‘XChat.’ it is said that it could be a competitor to WhatsApp.
However, there’s no official confirmation from the social media platform yet.
The users on the social media shared rumors about XChat, with some even posting screenshots they claimed showed the feature being tested on their X profiles.
One user with the username @AlexFinnX suggested that it could be a messaging service or email client and might directly compete with WeChat.
BREAKING: X IS WORKING ON A MESSAGING SERVICE NAMED XCHAT
This is WILD
Not much information is known, but the assumption is it will be a messaging service or email client
Odds are this could be a competitor to WEchat
This is GREAT news for small accounts
Getting more… pic.twitter.com/JO2cvmYIo0
— Alex Finn (@AlexFinnX) January 27, 2025
Another post says, XChat, with message encryption, coming soon to the X platform.
BREAKING: XChat, with message encryption, coming soon to the X platform pic.twitter.com/usGGEqpGyv
— Rocco Sassani (@RoccoScalps) January 27, 2025
A post from the X account, X Daily News, suggested that Musk’s earlier interest in improving X’s direct messaging to rival WhatsApp might be coming to fruition.
PREVIEW: X is working on something named “X Chat”.
Speculation: We’ve known for a while that Elon wants to expand X’s DM feature to compete with WhatsApp, perhaps this could be tied into that. https://t.co/jfDjGh6HNF pic.twitter.com/Oai8nAhgQr
— X Daily News (@xDaily) January 27, 2025
Musk hinted the launch of XMail in December 2024, a new email service designed to fix common issues with traditional email and compete with Gmail.
He announced this in the response to a post by X user Mario Nafwal, promising a fresh design that works smothooly with other systems while getting rid of old, clunky inbox features.
Musk also posted on X, saying that launching XMail to rival Gmail ‘would be cool’ and unlikely to cause much controversy.
