Elon Musk Announces Video Calling Feature For X, No Phone Number Required

Elon Musk has announced that video and voice calling support for users is coming to X, and it will work on all devices, including computers.

Musk also confirmed that the calling function will work without a phone number, which he claims will make the X a powerful global address book. It’s likely that X will offer future features to its paid subscribers, just like other new features that are limited to people paying for X Blue subscriptions.

Musk has been talking about calling support for the X for a few months. He mentioned that calls to X allow them to call anyone around the world, and they don’t even have to share phone numbers to make it happen. His post on Thursday noted that the calling feature also works on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. And while he didn’t mention it, we expect the feature to be compatible with iPads as well.

Video calls have been popular on most platforms, especially WhatsApp, where you can have up to 8 people on a video call. However, WhatsApp does not charge its users for the service, which is not necessarily the case with Elon Musk’s platform X. You need a mobile phone number to chat or call a person on WhatsApp, which Musk believes could help X become more distinctive and an attractive factor in using the platform for new features.

X has received new options, some of which are for everyone, while most of them are aimed at X Blue users. Musk believes that adding additional benefits to the X Blue service will help attract more users who would be willing to pay for the service and feel it is worth the money.

One of the most intriguing benefits of X Blue is the possibility to get paid by the platform if you have a certain reach on X, which can increase the engagement of your posts. Meta has tried to compete with X through Threads, but after some early interest, the app has failed to gain momentum and has been shelved.