(Reuters) – Twitter Inc Chief Government Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed particulars about new options together with including calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform.
Final yr, Musk flagged plans for “Twitter 2.0 The Every part App”, which he mentioned would have options similar to encrypted direct messages (DMs), longform tweets and funds.
“Coming quickly can be voice and video chat out of your deal with to anybody on this platform, so you may speak to folks anyplace on the planet with out giving them your telephone quantity,” Musk mentioned in a tweet on Tuesday.
The decision characteristic on Twitter will deliver the micro-blogging platform into line with the likes of Meta’s social media purposes, Fb and Instagram, which have related options.
Musk mentioned a model of encrypted direct messages can be obtainable on Twitter beginning Wednesday, however didn’t say if calls can be encrypted.
Twitter this week mentioned it would begin a cleaning course of by eradicating and archiving accounts which were inactive for a number of years.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Lincoln Feast.)
