X Is Bringing 'XChat' to Replace Your DMs - Here's What You Should Know

Is X (formerly Twitter) about to nuke your DMs? Not exactly, but big changes are coming to how you slide into people's messages on the platform.

Recently, the social media world went into a bit of a panic when engineer Zach Warunek posted that "The whole entire DM's will be gone soon." That got people worried that their years of DM history might vanish overnight.

But here's the actual scoop: X is working on a new messaging feature called "XChat" that appears to be an evolution of DMs rather than a complete replacement. According to X's AI assistant Grok, your existing DMs aren't going anywhere just yet.

What's This XChat Thing All About?

XChat is shaping up to be Elon Musk's answer to WhatsApp and Telegram as part of his vision to transform X into an "everything app" similar to WeChat. Based on early previews, XChat is packing some serious features:

• End-to-end encryption (finally!) so your messages stay between you and your chat partner

• Vanishing mode for those messages you don't want lingering around

• Enhanced group chats with support for up to 256 participants

• The ability to delete messages for everyone in the chat

• File sharing for PDFs, images, and other docs

These upgrades address long-standing requests from users who've been asking for better privacy and messaging features on the platform.

Why Does This Matter?

If you're an active X user, this signals a pretty major shift in how you'll communicate privately on the platform. The addition of encryption and vanishing messages brings X up to speed with other modern messaging apps.

For professionals using X, the improved group chat and file sharing capabilities could make it a more viable option for team discussions without switching to Slack or Discord.

And looking at the bigger picture, XChat appears to be another piece in Musk's "everything app" puzzle. It

might eventually integrate with X Money (announced in January 2025) to create a complete ecosystem for communication and payments.

X Is Bringing 'XChat': When Is This Happening?

There's no official launch date yet, but based on the recent buzz about X Is Bringing 'XChat', XChat appears to be coming sooner rather than later. The company seems to be in the final testing phases before rolling it out to users.

For now, your existing DMs are safe, though it's probably not a bad idea to save any important conversations you'd hate to lose, just in case the transition doesn't go as smoothly as promised.

The bottom line? X is giving its messaging features a serious upgrade, but the platform needs to do a better job communicating these changes to avoid causing panic among its user base. As with most things happening at X these days, we'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out.