Elon Musk continues to aim for the sky and his next big target is YouTube.
His platform X is ready to serve a larger audience with a new version of streaming service that will also play on the big screens. Musk shared the details about the upcoming feature through a post on the platform, where he talked about people watching long videos on their smart TV screens.
He has repeatedly talked about making X into an everything app, and it seems the feature set of the platform will soon have a long list that should appeal to millions. X already supports video/audio calls for all users, including those using the platform for free.
You get other benefits like the verified badge, edit button, longer posts and more if you pay for the X Premium service.
Musk didn’t share the exact details of the upcoming service and how it plans to compete with a behemoth like YouTube and whether it will be free-to-all or kept behind the premium version which is likely to limit its reach and viewers. It is likely that X will start offering the feature to its paid users initially and then make it available for everyone.
Just a few days back, X introduced ‘Articles’ which is a new way to share long-form written content on the platform. Those who are Premium users and pay for X services can now post articles on the platform with stylised text, embedded images and videos.
“Articles is a new way to share long form written content on X. Publishing Articles is a feature limited to Premium+ subscribers and Verified Organisations. Articles are available globally,” the company said in a statement.
In addition to text, articles can include images, video, GIFs, posts, and links.
You can also format text with headings, subheadings, bold, italics, strikethrough, indentation, numerical and bulleted lists. “Once published, an article can be read and shared by anyone on X according to the audience controls you’ve selected for the article,” said the company.
