"For the past few months, we've been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS. Use it. Break it. We want your feedback. The company will expand the beta beyond the initial 1,000 users soon, though no specific timeline was provided for broader availability."
"Security experts have warned potential users that the X Chat service is less secure than other encrypted messaging apps like Signal, and should not be trusted. It's not clear whether the company has addressed the security community's concerns in the standalone app."
"The introduction of the app represents a decided shift away from X owner Elon Musk's earlier plan to make X an everything app that would provide access to messaging, payments, creator content and more, centralizing all aspects of the service."
X has released a beta version of its standalone X Chat app through Apple's TestFlight, initially available to 1,000 users. The beta reached full capacity within two hours of the announcement. X Chat is an upgraded version of X's direct messaging feature, which the company claims uses end-to-end encryption. However, security experts have raised concerns about X Chat's security compared to other encrypted messaging apps like Signal. The standalone app represents a shift from Elon Musk's earlier vision of X as an "everything app." Early testers describe the app as having a simpler, smoother interface than the main X app. The app will maintain a 17+ age rating and sync messages across the X app and chat.x.com web platform.
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