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Social media platform X to offer video, audio calls: Musk

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Agence France-Presse 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="An illustration pictures shows a user holding a mobile phone displaying the " logo="" in="" front="" of="" Elon="" page="" Los="" July="" Twitter="" announced="" on="" that="" it="" will="" rebrand="" to="" X.="" Etienne="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/07/31/20230731-x.jpg"/><figcaption>An illustration pictures shows a user holding a mobile phone displaying the &#x27;X&#x27; logo in front of Elon Musk&#x27;s page in Los Angeles, California, USA, July 27, 2023. Twitter announced on July 23 that it will rebrand to X. <em>Etienne Laurent, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON — The social media platform X will begin offering video and audio calling, owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday, a step towards turning the former Twitter into an &quot;everything app.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Video &amp; audio calls coming to X,&quot; Musk wrote in a post on the platform, without specifying when the new features would be available.</p><p>The calling features would work on iOS, Android, Mac and PC systems, and no phone number would be needed, he said.</p><p>&quot;X is the effective global address book,&quot; the billionaire added. &quot;That set of factors is unique.&quot;</p><p>Last month, Musk and his newly hired chief executive Linda Yaccarino announced the rebranding of Twitter as X, saying it would become an &quot;everything app&quot; inspired by China&#x27;s WeChat that would allow users to socialize as well as handle their finances.</p><p>X&#x27;s payment branch Twitter Payments LLC was granted a &quot;crucial&quot; currency transmitter license from the US state of Rhode Island on Monday, allowing it to &quot;engage in cryptocurrency-related activities&quot; such as exchanges, wallets and payment processors, the crypto website CoinWire reported this week.</p><p>The license allows X to &quot;securely store, transfer, and facilitate the exchange of digital assets on behalf of its users,&quot; according to CoinWire.</p><p>Since Musk bought Twitter last October, the platform&#x27;s advertising business has collapsed as marketers soured on his management style and mass firings that gutted content moderation.</p><p>In response, the tycoon has moved towards building a subscriber base and pay model in a search for new revenue.</p><p>Many users and advertisers alike have responded adversely to the site&#x27;s new charges for previously free services, as well as its changes to content moderation and the return of previously banned far-right accounts.</p><p>Musk also killed off the Twitter logo, replacing its globally recognized blue bird with a white X.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/30/23/elon-musk-lifts-political-ad-ban-at-rebranded-twitter">Elon Musk lifts political ad ban at rebranded Twitter</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/03/23/x-the-former-twitter-lets-users-hide-once-vaunted-blue-check">X, the former Twitter, lets users hide once-vaunted blue check</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/11/23/x-chief-yaccarino-claims-renamed-twitter-close-to-break-even ">X chief Yaccarino claims renamed Twitter &#x27;close&#x27; to break-even</a></li></ul><p>© Agence France-Presse </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_yFcsUWDxM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0CNm1R1p6bo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The social media platform X will begin offering video and audio calling, Musk said, a step towards turning the ex-Twitter into an 'everything app.'