Twitter now lets you react to DMs with a variety of emojis

Twitter has launched a brand new function that lets customers select virtually any emoji to react to a direct message in a dialog. Beforehand, the corporate allowed you to react to solely the latest DM with solely a choose set of emojis.

Elon Musk tweeted that the function is rolling out with the newest app replace. This brings Twitter on par with different messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram that have already got the emoji response function.

Moreover, Musk stated that on Wednesday, Twitter is releasing the primary model of encrypted DMs. Nonetheless, he didn’t say if customers can test for an indicator to grasp if their chats are protected by end-to-end encryption.

Musk has been trying to make Twitter DMs end-to-end encrypted for a while now. Final November, he posted that the aim is for DMs to “superset Sign.”

In relation to timelines, Musk hasn’t had the best monitor file. In March, he tweeted that the corporate was aiming to roll out encrypted DMs by the end of the month. However right here we’re in Could. It received’t be stunning if we don’t see end-to-end encryption safety for DMs rolling out on Wednesday.

The Tesla CEO additionally talked about in his submit that the corporate will quickly roll out the power to make voice and voice calls on Twitter. All of those options are most likely a part of Musk’s plan to make Twitter an “everything app.”