Elon Musk’s XChat App Launch—Everything You Need To Know

InnovationCybersecurityElon Musk’s XChat App Launch—Everything You Need To KnowByKate O'Flaherty,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Follow AuthorApr 24, 2026, 11:19am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.If you use X, you might want to try out XChat to conveniently speak to your contacts. But is the XChat app safe from a privacy and security point of view?Getty ImagesElon Musk’s XChat is hoping to take on WhatsApp and Signal with its own end-to-end encrypted app on iOS and Android. The XChat iOS app is earmarked for launch on April 27, allowing you to use the X direct message service as long as you have an account. A release date for Android has not been set.If you use X, you might want to try out XChat to conveniently speak to your contacts. But is the XChat app safe from a privacy and security point of view?Some experts say no. Security researcher Tommy Mysk posted Apple’s iOS privacy label on X, detailing the information XChat collects. “No ads. No tracking. Fully end-to-end encrypted. But it collects all this data,” he wrote.If you use X, you might want to try out XChat to conveniently speak to your contacts. But is the XChat app safe from a privacy and security point of view?Getty ImagesWhat Data Does XChat Collect And How Does It Impact Privacy?XChat requires an existing X account, so your identity, device information, IP, and behavioral history on the parent platform “are already part of the graph before you send your first message,” says Varun Badhwar, CEO and founder, Endor Labs.MORE FOR YOUTwo concerns stand out, Badhwar says. “Keys live on X’s servers. X stores users' private encryption keys on its own infrastructure, protected by a four-digit PIN. X has itself acknowledged that this architecture could allow ‘a malicious insider or X...