Voice Notes arrive in XChat (DMs), enabling audio communication

X has implemented Voice Notes in XChat (formerly DMs), making it possible to communicate by voice.

Voice Notes implemented in XChat

XChat is a new chat service that replaces X's DMs, and it includes encryption, messages that disappear after a certain period of time (vanish mode), file sending, and more.

Conventional DMs have been integrated into XChat, and XChat offers stronger security and privacy than DMs while also adding convenient features.

X (Twitter) DMs integrated into XChat: What’s the difference between DMs and XChat?

When you open DMs on X (Twitter), you now see a screen that says [Welcome to the new XChat] along with a [Create a passcode] button. This article explains in detail what XChat is, why you need to set a passcode, and where the traditional DMs have gone.

December 16, 2025

In conventional DMs, users could record and send audio by clicking the button displayed inside the text box, but that feature had not been implemented in XChat.

On April 9 (JST), XChat's official account posted "Voice Notes on XChat are finally here," announcing that audio can now be sent in XChat.

Voice Notes in XChat are available on the iOS app, Android app, X Lite on Android, and the web.

Voice and video calls had already been available in XChat (DMs), but while calls require real-time interaction, Voice Notes have the advantage of allowing asynchronous communication.

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January 28, 2024

On Android X and Android X Lite, on the screen where you exchange XChat messages, pressing and holding the button displayed inside the text box records audio while it is being held down, and releasing it stops the recording.

On the web, clicking the button in the chat box starts recording, and clicking the stop button or cancel button ends the recording.

At the time of writing, in Firefox, even if you clicked the recording button, recording ended immediately, so Voice Notes could not be sent.

Also, on Android X and Android X Lite, Voice Notes could be sent even to users who had not migrated to XChat and were shown as [Unencrypted messages], but on the web client, the recording button did not appear in conversations with users who had not migrated to XChat.

Xチャット（DM）の「暗号化されていないメッセージ」とは？意味を解説

X（Twitter）の従来のDMは新しいチャットサービス「Xチャット」に統合されましたが、チャットの画面に表示されることのある「暗号化されていないメッセージ」「暗号化されていません」といったメッセージの意味を解説します。

January 9, 2026