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X social media sites now allow users to make video and phone calls over the internet to any registered person for free. In the statement, the salesperson said that the users do not need a premium account to try the free services. Anyone with the X account would have the feature activated on their profile.
Moreover, there is no need to enter your phone number to have the phone call. When the features were launched, they were made available to the premium users. But as the Company found the services used by many people, the team decided to open it for everyone.
The move will give stiff competition to X’s rival competitors, especially Meta’s Whatsapp. As we know, WhatsApp is a popular video and calling application right now, holding the largest user base in the world. The X’s free video and calling service may hurt the WhatsApp users’ dominance.
Two tech giants are consistently working to improve their platforms by introducing new features. Facebook and Instagram are part of Meta’s pool company. Still, as the other companies are emerging faster with the help of AI technology and machine learning technology, the threat to these established players in the social realm is very stiff.
One of the X engineers revealed to the new channel that the audio and video calling features are slowly rolling out to the non-premium users. The features will be available to all the users within a few months. Everyone will have access to the free calling services, and they do not have to use any personal contact details to use the services on the X.
Further, the X engineer added that the users will only call to the users whom they follow or have in their address book. The two accounts must also be interacted through DM to activate the free calling facility. Users will also have options to choose to whom they want to receive calls. There are two options to choose from: a call from the people they follow or anyone from the platform.
Initially, the features were launched for iOS users. The facility was available only for X premium subscriptions. Early this year, the Company also introduced the features to Android users. The Android users with the premium subscription received the features this year.
You can check your X profile to see if the features are activated on your device. To do that, go to the DM section of the users. You will find the video and calling icon on the page if the feature is active. Remember that the calling service is only enabled when you have a conversation with the other person through DM. The DM validated that the two people know each other and are willing to interact.
Both users have the right to manage their calling preferences. Therefore, if the other person does not want to receive calls from the other users, they can turn off the features. You may not be able to call the person if the user sets particular preferences in the profile.
Elon Musk envisioned making the X open community, not influenced by power or politics. He wanted to secure the freedom of the speech. Since Elon Musk took over the Company, X has been consistently evolving and has made daily progress. In the last few months, the X has launched many new features for paid and free members. Most of the focus is on improving the interaction, keeping the reaction on bias and giving the users an open platform where they can say anything they believe without fear.
The Company is also building an autonomous platform where the users will decide what is wrong and right for society. Users will rate every post based on their ability to just a specific topic. The information will be offered to the readers without any filtration, so the opinion formed around the particular subject will come directly from the users and not the influence of the powerful entity controlling the system in the backend.
X is slowly progressing towards its goal and achieving the milestone every month. We may see more features introduced that surprise the users and make their use case more comforting on the X.
The future of the X seems very bright because user acceptance has risen in recent years. Celebrities and top influencers are broadly using the X to publish their content. X also launched a revenue model for content creators, which could help the Company drive more content creators to the platform. More work still needs to be done to meet modern-day customers’ needs, but as the X evolves year after year, it will capture a large number of social users.
