Washington: Tesla owner Alan Musk is once again in the news. Musk has entered the world of online messaging app. Musk has launched the new chatting feature Xchat on its social media platform X. Due to this, the tension of market leader like WhatsApp has increased.

Elon Musk has recently separated from the Trump administration. Now he is eyeing the business of big messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. This new feature named Xchat will provide the facility of messages, voice calls and video calls to users.

There will be no need for phone number

The biggest feature of Musk’s Xchat is that the phone number will not be required to use it. In this, any user who already uses X can start chatting and calling directly from you.

Musk has made some claims about this new chatting feature like every time. Musk has claimed that his chatting feature is very safe. Your chats will now be completely private, as it uses end-to-end encryption. Which means that no third will reach your words.

Xchat features

Talking about Xchat, it will get end-to-end encryption, which ensures your privacy. Apart from this, it also has a vanishing message feature. Meaning whatever message you send, it will disappear automatically. You get to use this type of feature in Snapchat. However, the complete information of this feature has not been revealed yet how it will work in Xchat. Musk has claimed that you can make audio and video calls in it comfortably without any hassle. Apart from this, files sharing facility will also be available in Xchat.
Direct competition with WhatsApp

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Musk’s Xchat is directly competing with WhatsApp, which is the world’s largest player in the online messaging app. WhatsApp has more than 2 billion active users worldwide. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how Musk leaves WhatsApp behind.