#XSuperApp is a term that refers to Elon Musk's vision of transforming the "X" platform (formerly Twitter) into a "Super App." The primary goal is to integrate a wide range of diverse services into one place, making the app a comprehensive hub for users' daily lives, similar to the experience of the popular WeChat app in China.
**What is a Super App?**
A super app is a mobile application that provides multiple services within a single platform, relieving users of the need to switch between multiple apps for different tasks. A great example of this is WeChat, which started as a messaging app but evolved to include electronic payments, shopping, taxi booking, gaming, government services, and much more.
**What will #XSuperApp include (according to Elon Musk's vision and discussions around it)?**
The X platform aims to transform into what we could call an "Everything App," and XSuperApp is expected to include the following features and services:
1. **Messaging and Communication:**
* Text, voice, and video messaging.
* Voice and video calls.
* Live streaming.
* Advanced communication features such as self-destructing messages and file sharing.
2. **Financial Services and Payments:**
* **Electronic Payments and Money Transfers (X Money):** The ability to make payments and financial transfers within the app, including peer-to-peer (P2P) payments.
* **Investing and Trading:** Plans to launch features for investing and trading assets, including stocks and possibly cryptocurrencies, with hints at launching credit/debit cards.
* **Digital Wallet:** X has already launched a digital wallet in collaboration with Visa.
3. **Shopping and E-commerce:**
* An ecosystem for commerce that allows users to shop and purchase products and services directly from within the app.
4. **Other Diverse Services:**
* **Employment Services:** May integrate features for job searching and applying for jobs.
* **Travel Reservations:** The ability to book flights and hotels.
* **Location-Based Services:** Such as booking taxis or ordering food.
5. **Artificial Intelligence:**
* Integrating artificial intelligence, such as Grok (the chatbot from xAI), into financial workflows to provide personalized investment advice and fraud detection.
**Why is X striving to become a super app?**
* **Increase User Engagement:** Making X an integral part of users' daily lives, which increases their app usage time and loyalty.
* **Diversifying Revenue Sources:** Instead of relying heavily on advertising, the super app can generate revenue from a variety of services.
* **Competition:** Catching up with the global trend of comprehensive apps that have proven successful in Asia, and facing increasing competition in the tech sector.
Some of these features have begun to gradually appear in X, and expansion is expected in the coming months. The success of this vision largely depends on user response and their trust in the platform, especially regarding privacy and digital payments.
