Mr Branding: X Takes On Zoom And Google Meet With A New Video Conferencing Tool

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

X Takes On Zoom And Google Meet With A New Video Conferencing Tool

A while back, we heard about Elon Musk declaring his desire to make X an all-rounder app. He hoped to include job listings like LinkedIn and payments similar to PayPal. Now, he’s taking on Zoom and Google Meet with tests for a new video conferencing tool.

Thanks to one X employee, we know that the tool is currently in the testing phase as he confirmed taking on an internal conference with this latest offering. As per his comments, the feedback received from other team members was strong and that’s why the company is going ahead with the rollout soon if things go as planned.

They are right now working on bettering the tool with enhancements like pinning speakers and alerts to make users more aware of when people are joining the app or leaving it. The owner of X responded to this post using the fire emoji which clearly indicates he’s thrilled for the launch and also a confirmation that it’s happening.

Remember, Elon Musk is not longer providing responses to long press meets and inquiries so this is the best we can expect from the X owner himself. Meanwhile, one app researcher did show more details on what X users can expect.

This includes creating new meetings through the iOS platform, either quickly or later. So as you can imagine, it’s quite like online tools used for video conferencing.

Meanwhile, another app expert did share how the feature could even allow hosts to set up unique codes for all of their meetings. Participants only need to enter this when they are joining.

BREAKING: Each X Conference will have a unique code that you can share with people to let them join! pic.twitter.com/ZSOYb40QjH
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) August 23, 2024

For now, there is no confirmed release date or plans for a rollout just yet. But we do hope to see something arriving soon.

X does give users the chance to make the most of video streaming through Spaces already. But at the same time, Zoom and Google Meet give users the chance to switch from one style of conferencing to another. Hence, seeing both the offerings of these apps merged into one will no longer be a surprise to us.

For now, we’re going to keep a close eye on the feature. During the year’s start, X did roll out a calling feature that was switched on for all by default. However, it came with privacy issues like no IP address which masked the protection.

We hope this time around, it’s safer and more secure in terms of privacy.