X, in its quest to become an “everything app,” is working on a new feature that appears aimed more at its employees than its actual users.
The company is testing its own version of Zoom, called X Conference.
An X employee said Chris Park said the company was testing the tool internally, in a post on />He said the ability to pin speakers and improved notifications are “likely to come” to the tool, which he claimed is “already a really solid alternative to Google Hangouts, Zoom, AWS Chime and certainly… Microsoft Teams.”
Elon Musk has also been involved for a while Briefly, he posted a fire emoji in response to Park's post.
First ever 𝕏 conference meeting with some of my amazing teammates at @X and @XDevelopers.
App researcher Nima Oji also discovered the feature earlier this month , posted a screenshot indicating that X Conference will support spatial audio and have built-in subtitles but even with these features, it's not at all clear that there is any demand for the X-owned video conferencing platform outside of its own employees.
The app already supports calls. Person-to-person video as well as public broadcasting via Spaces. X has repeatedly encountered technical difficulties during high-profile live streams, such as Musk's recent conversation with Donald Trump. Musk has blamed these issues on a "distributed denial-of-service attack," an explanation that some security experts and former employees have questioned.
While it's not clear who X is targeting with its new video conferencing feature, this wouldn't be the first time it has taken risks The company has features that appear to be business-friendly. X also added a job search tool last year, and Musk has said he wants X to make a "cool" version of LinkedIn.