Elon Musk said he wants Twitter 2.0 to be “The Everything App”. (Representative)
Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday detailed new features on the platform, including incoming calls and encrypted messaging.
Last year, Musk flagged plans for “Twitter 2.0 the everything app”, which he said would have features such as encrypted direct messages (DMs), longform tweets and payments.
“Soon your handle will have voice and video chat with anyone on this platform, so you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving out your phone number,” Musk said in a tweet on Tuesday.
With the latest version of the app, you can DM reply to any message in a thread (not just the most recent) and use any emoji reaction.
Encrypted DMs V1.0 should be released tomorrow. It will rapidly grow in sophistication. The test is that I could not see your DM even though…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
The calls feature on Twitter will bring the micro-blogging platform in line with the likes of Meta’s social media applications, Facebook and Instagram, which have similar features.
Musk said a version of encrypted direct messages would be available on Twitter starting Wednesday, but did not say whether the calls would be encrypted.
Twitter said this week that it would begin a cleanup process by deleting and archiving accounts that have been inactive for several years.
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