Audio and video calls will arrive on Twitter. This was written in a tweet by Elon Musk, head of the platform since last October. "Soon there will be voice and video chats from your account on this platform - Musk wrote - you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving your phone number". In a subsequent comment launched on Twitter, Musk said that the WhatsApp messaging service managed by Meta "cannot be trusted" engaging with the platform of the competitor Meta a controversy regarding the access of the chat to the microphone of the smartphone (Mark Zuckerberg's company explained that it is a bug on Android).
With latest version of app, you can DM reply to any message in the thread (not just most recent) and use any emoji reaction.
Release of encrypted DMs V1.0 should happen tomorrow. This will grow in sophistication rapidly. The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if...
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
An audio and video calling feature on Twitter would compete with a number of services including Messenger, Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp. Musk, also via Twitter, added that from today the platform will begin to encrypt direct messages to safeguard privacy. He did not specify whether the calls will also be encrypted. Since buying Twitter for $ 44 billion at the end of last year, Musk has implemented sometimes impulsive changes, often causing chaos for users as in the case of blue ticks first removed because paid and then given back for free to some VIPs and organizations.
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