Elon Musk’s XChat app is here, promising ‘no ads, no tracking’: Here’s how to download and use

Elon Musk has launched XChat, a new messaging app to rival WhatsApp with top privacy tools like end-to-end encryption, screenshot protection, and messages that vanish. The launch comes at a time when WhatsApp is facing serious questions about its own encryption and is dealing with legal trouble over the privacy promises it has made to its users.

Right now, XChat only lets you chat with other X users, which limits how many people you can reach.