Elon Musk has officially activated the 'super app' mode: a new messenger — X Chat — has entered the X ecosystem.
And yes, it seems we are in for a forced migration. Old direct messages will gradually be disabled and transferred to a new format.
😏 It seems that Musk has decided not to 'ask' but to drive the audience into a new messenger, where everything is built around privacy — although in some places this privacy is still only on words.
💬 What already works in X Chat
• Message editing
• Calls
• File transfer
• Notifications for screenshots
• End-to-end encryption (E2EE)
• Use without a phone number
The beta version has already been implemented on the web and iOS. Android is 'coming soon'.
🔐 Musk promises privacy, but…
He claims that data is not sold, there will be no targeting, and encryption is P2P directly between users.
However, there are nuances:
🛡 • Metadata is still open
🛡 • There is no complete protection against MITM attacks
🛡 • Some encryption mechanisms are still raw
That is, the 'secure messenger' is still in the process of refinement.
😏 Why is all this happening at all?
Musk wants to cut off old DMs and completely replace them with X Chat.
And then — possibly, he will release a separate application that will work without the X feed.
Now it becomes clear why he didn’t allow Durov to integrate Grok into Telegram — why share traffic if you are building your own ecosystem?
🤚 Conclusion
Musk is gradually building his super app, where over time there will be cryptocurrency payments, calls, finances, and media — everything to keep the user within X.
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