ByConor Murray,
Forbes Staff.
X Chat, an update Elon Musk has promised for months that introduces encrypted messages to the social platform, appears to be rolling out widely to users, though many are airing grievances, alleging the feature is laggy, and that conversations and links aren’t loading properly.
Many X users tweeted this week their direct messages feature—a holdover from when X was Twitter—has been replaced with a “Chat” function, an update Musk has said will include encrypted messages like Signal or Meta’s WhatsApp, file sharing and vanishing messages.
X users with access to the Chat feature are prompted to create a four-digit PIN code when they access it for the first time, an update that has confused some users, who also lamented other changes to the direct messaging feature.
