{"id":3336,"date":"2026-04-27T04:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:56:08","slug":"musks-xchat-set-for-app-store-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"<div>Musk&#8217;s XChat set for App Store debut<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2026-04-13\/Musk-s-XChat-set-for-App-Store-debut-1MjC5YuL0l2\/img\/cb1b4e3513f14e2dba55594a8bdeda92\/cb1b4e3513f14e2dba55594a8bdeda92.png\" alt=\"The XChat app as displayed in the Apple App Store, April 13, 2026. \/VCG\"><\/p>\n<p>A messaging app developed under Elon Musk&#8217;s social media platform X is set to launch on April 17, with pre-orders now open on Apple&#8217;s App Store.<\/p>\n<p>The app, called XChat, is widely seen as a key step in Musk&#8217;s ambition to transform X into an all-in-one &#8220;super app.&#8221; Industry observers say the move aims to compete with leading global messaging platforms such as WeChat and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2026-04-13\/Musk-s-XChat-set-for-App-Store-debut-1MjC5YuL0l2\/img\/3bc52b7ca1f449dbb1a01522eee972c2\/3bc52b7ca1f449dbb1a01522eee972c2.jpeg\" alt=\"A screenshot of XChat\" s information page in the apple app store april><\/p>\n<p>Musk has repeatedly expressed admiration for China&#8217;s WeChat, describing it as a perfect blend of Twitter, PayPal, and many other functions. He has noted that in China, users can rely on a single app for nearly all aspects of daily life, adding that no equivalent all-encompassing platform currently exists in Western markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A messaging app developed under Elon Musk&#8217;s social media platform X is set to launch on April 17, with pre-orders now open on Apple&#8217;s App Store. The app, called XChat, is widely seen as a key step in Musk&#8217;s ambition to transform X into an all-in-one &#8220;super app.&#8221; Industry observers say the move aims to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}