Musk's "Western WeChat" XChat to Officially Launch on App Store on April 17

Odaily News X platform's social application XChat officially announced that it will officially launch on the App Store on April 17. The application focuses on end-to-end encryption, no ads, and no tracking. Counting from the internal testing in May 2025, XChat has undergone nearly a year of testing and iteration; if counted from the moment Musk acquired Twitter in 2022 with the ambition to build a Western version of WeChat, it has been nearly four years.