Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the platform is preparing to add a feature that will allow users to make calls and video calls without having to use their phone number. Last May, Elon Musk, the owner of this social network, announced the launch of the tool.

Yaccarino’s statement, revealed in an interview given to CNBC, comes after Andrea Conway, part of the platform’s design team, stated on social networks that he had called from X. In early July, Conway published a preview image of what a call would look like on the service. According to this material, the function will be integrated into the communication options in the direct message interface.

There is no exact date for the official release of this feature. It’s also unknown if it’s an exclusive tool for X Blue (formerly Twitter Blue) subscribers. The only certainty is that X is ready to compete directly with services like WhatsApp, Zoom, Google Meet, and FaceTime.

Support for calling and video calling on the X is part of a larger package for social networks. Late last month, when Twitter disappeared as a brand to make way for X, Yaccarino convinced that the platform’s transformation had the capacity to change the rules of digital communication.

According to the executive director, “X is the future state of seamless interactivity, focused on audio, video, messaging, payments/banking, creating global marketplaces for ideas, goods, services and opportunity.”

X, a application for all?

For 25 years, Musk has demonstrated his intention to create a platform capable of centralizing functions and services to meet all the needs of digital users. In March 1999, the tycoon founded X.com, a portal meant to centralize online banking, credit cards, shopping on line, investment and loans. Later and after a series of agreements, this property became PayPal.

In 2002 PayPal was sold to eBay in a $1.5 billion deal. Entrepreneur loses X.com domain; he managed to restore it 15 years later citing its “great sentimental value”.