X (Twitter)

Twitter, now known as X, is available in a desktop version, offering microblogging and social networking services. It is one of the largest and most popular social-sharing platforms, with billions of users worldwide. It is free to use and also has a premium version to enhance your productivity.

The app offers cross-platform compatibility for multiple Windows versions, Android, iOS, and macOS as well. It is one of the best and accurate sources of getting current updates from local and international resources, including news outlets, etc. 

Also available for: Android

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a free and popular social media platform that was released in 2006, and bought by Elon Musk on 27 October 2022. He became the CEO of Twitter and gave it a new name, “X”. He also replaced the iconic bluebird logo with “X” in a black and white combination.

The innovative social networking platform offers an awesome micro-blogging feature, and with 320 million active users, it is one of the top 50 most visited websites across the world. You can upload your videos, pictures, GIFs, links, polls, and text. It is also embedded with voice posts and an AI chatbot. 

Twitter (X) Features

User-friendly Interface

Twitter (X) has a straightforward, user-friendly interface that offers quick and smooth navigation while using the icon bar at the bottom of the screen. On the left side panel, the main screen includes newsfeeds, direct messages, notifications, and a search function. So, you can easily find trending hashtags, tweets, and private messages.

Create your Post

You can create your own post right from the interface while using the elements from your device’s library, such as images, videos, and GIFs. It will help you boost your post, and multiple posting options allow you to manage your social-sharing process. You have the option to select people to share your posts, and schedule posts for later publishing.

Poll Option

It is another key feature, as you can create a poll with four choices, and also mention the time duration to answer. The answer could rise through your voice. You can collect results from your audience within a selected time duration and use them for multiple purposes.

Explore Trending Topics

The app offers a specific “Explore” tab that allows users to discover new trending topics while using hashtags. It will help you to maintain your daily life activities while discovering current news related to your favorite fields.

Support AI Chatbot

The socio-sharing app is embedded with an AI chatbot called Grok2 for interacting with it, and it gets quick and detailed responses. The chatbot is specially designed for the platform that is developed by xAI. It was released as part of X Premium, but later it started to work as open-source to enable users to reliably access and collaborate.

Subscription Plan

The socio-sharing platform offers free services, and you can download it for free from the official website or any third-party authentic website. You can use the free version to view news feed on your timeline, tweets of celebrities, awesome videos, and other such content. But you have to move to a subscription plan if you want other advanced features. The subscription plans are Basic, Premium, and Premium +. In addition, it is announced by X in 2024 that users with 2500 subscribers will have the option of receiving a complimentary Premium subscription, and users with 5000 verified subscribers will be awarded with Premium +. 

Compatible with Multiple Devices

The app offers effortless compatibility for all digital devices, including the Windows operating system, Android, tablets, iOS, macOS, and so on. The lightweight app offers robust services to connect you international community to follow your favorite personalities, groups, etc. It is also possible to get followers for your account. 

Multilingual Support

The support for multiple languages gives flexibility of use, as social media platforms connect people with different languages, and it is a difficult task to understand communication in a different language. But the multilingual support allows users to select the language they understand well. The app also supports more than 50 languages for the ease of users.

Pros

• Intuitive user-friendly interface embedded with multiple innovative features
• Integrated with an AI chatbot named Grok2
• Use the Explore tab to access trending topics, news, and entertainment
• Available for free and paid versions
• Supports more than 50 languages
• Robust delivery of the latest world news
• Publish your own posts
• Follow your favorite personalities, groups, and other entertaining programs
• Send direct messages in private

Cons

• The desktop version is a little bit different from the mobile app
• The free version has limited features
• Voice and video calls aren’t available on the desktop version
• Lots of precious time is consumed just scrolling