The social network The service has been launched on iOS systems, after several months of testing among selected users.

As the application information in the App Store describes, the tool allows you to chat with anyone who has an X account in a private, end-to-end encrypted space. It ensures that it does not include ads or activity tracking. “Avoid invitations, exchanges of phone numbers or the typical “are you on this app?” questions. The network you have spent years building works instantly“, they explain from the company. “Chat with the people who really matter. Safely. Private. In a dedicated app”.

Among other features, XChat includes the ability to edit and delete messages for all participants in the conversation, create disappearing messages, or the option to block screenshots. It also allows the sending of large files and what it calls “massive group chats.”

The latter aims to offer a space for private and group chats as an alternative to X Communities, which the company has decided to close due to lack of use and the large amount of spam present in the groups. In this sense, the launch of XChat could benefit from the end of functionality on the social network, whose journey began in 2021.

The launch of XChat represents a new step in the company’s strategic vision of turning X into “the application for everything”, a goal that Elon Musk already shared when he acquired Twitter in 2022. The

However, X’s decision to launch XChat as a standalone application clashes with its aspirations to integrate multiple services into a single space. However, the manager would be moving forward in building an ecosystem to offer content, messaging, payments, purchases, AI and more.

The application is currently only available on iOS systems, and therefore can be used on iPhone and iPad. The company says it is working on the Android version, which could be available in the coming weeks.