Messaging on Twitter is getting a lot better. The company has announced improved DM replies and more emoji reactions. It is also gearing up to add voice and video call support along with encrypted messaging.
According to a recent tweet from Twitter Support, you can now reply to any message in a conversation. Similar to messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, you can select a message and send a reply specific to it. Twitter currently doesn’t have this ability. You cannot mark your response as a reply to any specific message you receive in DMs. This change makes “conversations smoother and more intuitive,” the company says.
On that note, Twitter DMs now support a lot more emoji reactions as well. “We’ve also added a new Emoji Picker to DMs, allowing you to react to messages with a wider range of emojis than ever before,” Twitter Support said. In a separate tweet, Elon Musk added that you can use any emoji reaction. Currently, you can choose from seven emojis to react to a message, including haha, wow, cry, love, fire, thumbs up, and thumbs down.
Since these features are new to Twitter, they may not always work perfectly. Moreover, availability appears limited to mobile apps. But the company assures that it is already working on improving the new features. It will soon improve the rendering for replies to media messages. Additionally, the social network giant is also preparing to bring these features to the web version of Twitter.
Twitter will add voice and video call support
While Twitter Support didn’t share anything else, the aforementioned tweet from Elon Musk contained more information. Firstly, he announced that Twitter will finally start encrypting messages. “Release of encrypted DMs V1.0 should happen tomorrow. This will grow in sophistication rapidly. The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there was a gun to my head,” he said on Tuesday evening.
Additionally, Musk revealed Twitter’s plans to add voice and video call support. The Twitter CEO says you will be able to call anyone on the platform using your handle. You don’t need to share your phone number or know the other person’s phone number. This ability is “coming soon” but we don’t have a timeline. But the wait shouldn’t be much longer. Elon Musk has always wanted to encrypt Twitter DMS and support voice and video calls. He has talked about these features several times in the past. His latest announcement suggests the wait is almost over. Stick around and find out.