Video call feature will soon appear on social network X (Twitter)

Earlier in an interview, CEO Linda Yaccarino also revealed that X (Twitter) users will soon be able to make video calls without sharing their phone number with others on the platform. In a word, users will be able to engage in conversations with other individuals across the globe simply by using their X account, eliminating the need to exchange phone numbers.

Andrea Conway, Senior Product Designer at X, posted an image on his personal account in late July, showing the possibility that a user could send a direct message to any individual, then Switch to an audio or video call. This is also a common operation on many online communication platforms such as Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber .

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In fact, the addition of voice and video calling features is already an important part of Elon Musk's vision for the strategy of making X a 'super multi-use' platform where users can interact with each other. each other all the time through posts, watching videos, subscribing to creators, supporting, etc. In a presentation titled 'Twitter 2.0' at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco in May, Musk once emphasized. The company's focus in the coming time will be to encrypt messages, improve video features, and make voice calls more secure.

It can be seen that this is a feature that Twitter has been planning to launch for a long time, not just a statement to direct users' attention away from emerging rival Threads. Additionally, the move is expected to help Twitter compete with other social media apps like Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta, which already offer similar video calling capabilities.

Micah Soto

Update 11 August 2023