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Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, recently announced that the platform would soon introduce voice and video chat capabilities, enabling users to communicate with others on Twitter without sharing their phone numbers.
Twitter Calls Announcement
Musk shared the news of significant feature additions to Twitter via a tweet. According to his announcement, the new feature will allow users to initiate voice and video calls directly from their Twitter handles to any other user on the platform, enabling global conversations. In addition, Musk mentioned that encryption will be implemented for Twitter direct messages (DMs), and users will be able to respond to any message in a thread, not just the most recent one, and react with any emoji.
Musk stated that the release of version 1.0 of encrypted DMs is scheduled for the following day. He emphasized the strength of the encryption, asserting that even under extreme circumstances, such as a threat to his life, he would not be able to access the content of a user’s DMs.
With latest version of app, you can DM reply to any message in the thread (not just most recent) and use any emoji reaction.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
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…
Twitter SuperApp
The introduction of voice and video chat features aims to bring Twitter closer to its vision of becoming a super app, as envisioned by Musk. By incorporating calling capabilities, Twitter aims to provide users with a comprehensive platform for public and private interactions. The reception of this new feature among Twitter’s user base remains to be seen.
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