XChat, the standalone app for messaging on X, is available on iOS now
XChat, the standalone app for accessing X’s messaging feature, is available to download now for iOS. X first suggested that it would remove direct messaging from X in 2025, but at least for now, XChat is available in the original
Based on its launch video, the new XChat app offers many of the elements of modern messaging that X had already introduced in its chat functionality, such as the ability to delete and edit messages, block screenshots, and send disappearing messages. The new XChat app also supports video and audio calls, and X claims that all messages sent with XChat are end-to-end encrypted.
XChat is also expected to host any groups formed around the Communities feature of XChat group chats can currently have 350 participants, but X plans to increase this number in the future.
Elon Musk’s initial pitch after renaming Twitter A standalone messaging app seems to be the exact opposite of that, but it could also mirror where X is in 2026. The company is now a subsidiary of xAI, and xAI itself is part of SpaceX. Musk’s advancement in AI seems to be an ongoing concern, and cloning something like WeChat may well be less important.
