Elon Musk Plans to Challenge Gmail with New Mailing App for Users
Elon Musk has made some big moves in recent years, only paying $44 billion to buy Twitter and then renaming the platform X. But it seems that Musk is not ready to go for the best, and for that he is planning to start a new email program called XMail.
Gmail has been facing an existential crisis this week after a strange rumor suggested that Google is shutting down the major mailer.
Such news will no doubt scare people, while some of them were anxious about the possibility of Google shutting down Gmail. So just like that, one of X’s engineers asked, “When we make Xmail,” which is just a competitor and an alternative to Gmail. Elon Musk responded to this message from one of his employees, as he usually does, saying, “It’s coming.”
When we making XMail?— Nate (@natemcgrady) February 22, 2024
Based on the name of the mail client, it seems that Musk is looking to expand the X universe beyond social media and payments, which is also part of his plans. Musk has already added a bunch of features to the X Premium version, which include the ability to make video calls, use the AI chatbot Grok, and more.
The mail client cat certainly attracts more people, but running a service of this size is much more challenging than a social media application. After all, Gmail is a ubiquitous platform used by billions to send emails and more. In fact, the Gmail ID is used to login to other applications and most importantly, the only way to use the Android phone.
Of course, Google can’t kill such a big product, and Gmail tried to quell these rumors by saying that Gmail is here to stay, which isn’t the best way to reassure users of your future, but then Google should never be trusted with those things. , as history has shown us. As for Musk, we’ll take his word with a grain of salt for now and wait until the product actually goes public.
