Twitter upgrades DM replies, Musk claims encrypted DMs launch on Wednesday

Twitter is making some huge modifications to direct messages and expects to introduce encrypted DMs on Wednesday, in line with Tuesday night tweets from the corporate and proprietor Elon Musk.

Maybe the larger change is encrypted DMs, which Musk mentioned was a precedence for Twitter in a meeting with employees in November. Musk says the model 1.0 launch of the characteristic “ought to occur” on Wednesday, and he guarantees that it’ll “develop in sophistication” at a fast charge. “The acid check is that I couldn’t see your DMs even when there was a gun to my head,” he said.

That mentioned, I gained’t imagine that encrypted DMs are right here till they’re really right here; Musk mentioned in February that the platform begin sharing advert income with creators, however admitted on Tuesday that the corporate is still working on the software to actually do that.

As well as, Musk mentioned that someday “quickly,” Twitter will allow you to do “voice and video chat out of your deal with to anybody on this platform.” The thought, in line with Musk, is that you just’ll be capable of use Twitter to “speak to folks wherever on the earth with out giving them your telephone quantity.” Musk had additionally shared this characteristic with workers in November.