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Social network X is bringing its messaging service, called X Chat, to a standalone app. The company said on Monday Initial beta version The X Chat app has been made available to 1,000 users through Apple’s TestFlight testing platform.
The pilot program reached full capacity two hours after the announcement. According to Share X By xAI Product Designer Michael Boswell The company will expand the beta beyond the initial 1,000 users “soon,” though he did not provide an expected time of arrival.
“For the past few months, we’ve been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS. Use it. Break it. We want your feedback,” Boswell wrote on X.
X Chat is X’s upgraded version of the DM (direct messaging) feature found in X, which the company claims is end-to-end encrypted. But security experts Potential users have been warned X Chat is less secure than other encrypted messaging apps, such as Signal, and should not be trusted. It’s not clear if the company has addressed the security community’s concerns with the standalone app.
The introduction of the app represents a clear shift away from X owner Elon Musk’s previous plan to make theEverything app“, which would provide access to messaging, payments, creator content and more, centralizing all aspects of the service.
A group of early testers are starting to get involved Screenshots From the application interface. One user said the beta version of the app was live Miniature The name is xChat instead of X Chat, which may indicate a possible rebranding. Others began sharing screenshots of the app, e.g Login screenwhich has a starry background.
Early users describe the app as having a simpler and smoother interface to use than X Chat. The current version of the app does not include message requests, but rather Boswell He says Which is now being rebuilt.
xAI’s Grok responded to questions about the new app on the Age classificationwhich will be the same as X (17+ in the iOS App Store), for chats He was Sync with X app and chat.x.com web applicationwhich was launched in December 2025.
AI chatbot too male The Android version of the X Chat app is expected to be released “very soon.”