[TECHCRUNCH] Will X’s addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app?

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The company has also not confirmed what tech veteran Chris Messina found in X’s code – that audio and video calls will only be available to subscribers.

X no longer responds to requests for comment after Musk’s takeover, only replying with an automated message to incoming press queries, so we couldn’t ask for more details as to why X is introducing this feature, and why now?

Sure, Musk hasn’t been shy about wanting to turn X into a platform similar to China’s WeChat – a messaging app that has become a central place for all digital transactions, be they shopping or news or communications.

In those days, Musk thought X.com could be a one-stop everything-store for all financial needs, including banking, digital purchases, checking, credit cards, investments and loans.

Now the company has expanded on those pillars, offering users the ability to charter a boat, return packages to the post office, and make dinner reservations.

How that might play out at X is that a user would come for the shitposting and live Spaces, but they might stay for the convenience of internet-enabled phone calls, the long-form posts and video, and the high-yield savings account.

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