Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without sharing a phone number, as X “is the effective global address book”, but gives no date
It felt like the right thing to do, especially after seeing this garbage: https://arstechnica.com/... As one commenter said: “Elon Musk wants my biometric data? I know exactly which finger to give him.” … Bluesky: Roberto Baldwin / @strngwys.bsky.social : Fun reminder that musk announces a lot of things to keep Tesla shareholders happy and rarely delivers in any sort of timely fashion if at all. In this case, it's to win back advertisers. [embedded post] X: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Video & audio calls coming to X: - Works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC - No phone number needed - X is the effective global address book That set of factors is unique. @taylorlorenz : Musk has finally answered the question, what would a social media platform look like if u fired the entirety of the design staff [image] @xdaily : NEWS: X's upcoming video/voice calls feature will be available across all major platforms, and will not require a phone number. According to recent hints from X staff, the new feature seems to be currently in testing on internal versions of the X app. @x : call me beep me @boredatgym : it genuinely blows my mind that the old twitter leadership had this platform stagnant for 10 years straight. Where were all these features back then??? were they even trying??? they all need to be flogged for robbing shareholders @jjk_spoilers : My notifs on leaks day [video] Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay : There's no possible way this could go wrong; Elon is now going to add audio and video calls to Twitter r/elonmusk : Elon: “Video & audio calls coming to X: - Works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC, - No phone number needed, - X is the effective global address book. …