In line with Elon Musk’s dream to make Twitter an ‘everything app’, the social media giant may now be readying itself to compete with WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram etc. As per Elon Musk’s latest announcement, Twitter is now coming up with its own voice and video calls features along with other things.
Taking to Twitter, Elon Musk announced that Twitter is soon coming up with its voice and video features to aid conversation with anyone and everyone on the platform. The idea behind this is to aid conversations among people without having the need to share phone number.
“Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform, so you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number,” Elon Musk tweeted.
Similar to WhatsApp and other messaging apps, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO in his tweet also announced that Twitter will also be releasing encrypted ‘DMs V1.0’. However, he clarified that this feature would grow in ‘sophistication’ rapidly.
He said, “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 there was a gun to my head.”
In response to Elon Musk’s big announcement, a verified Twitter user Wall Street Silver wrote, “This makes Twitter a serious replacement for WhatsApp, Signal and many other apps. Great job 🔥”
Another user also complimented Musk’s idea of having voice and video features on Twitter and said, “The success of Twitter is the success of free speech. If Twitter adds all these features and starts becoming essentially a tv news channel and it works well, it’s going to explode.”
