Twitter Tests Voice and Video Calls in DMs

Twitter’s working on recent voice and video elements inside its DM UI, which can provide more utility within the app, and make it easier to remain in contact with friends.

As you’ll be able to see in this instance, shared by Twitter designer Andrea Conway, the brand new Twitter DM interface, which continues to be in development, would enable quick access to voice and video calls, by tapping the decision icon at the highest right of your DM feed.

That may very well be one other approach to expand Twitter’s utility, and with Elon Musk trying to convert the platform into an ‘every part app’, in a position to facilitate a broad range of functions, it’s one other step towards expanded usage, which can ideally help to shift perceptions of what’s possible inside your Twitter approach.

Though it’s going to be tough going for Twitter to shift traditional behaviors on this respect. People can already conduct voice and video calls in just about every other messaging app, and with WhatsApp alone getting used by 8x as many individuals as Twitter, it’s hard to assume that many users are going to modify to Twitter for calls as a substitute.

But perhaps, by incorporating the functionality direct within the app, with quick access, that’ll encourage recent varieties of Twitter engagement, which could make it a more useful tool for staying in contact, while also, as noted, aligning with the broader push towards changing how people interact inside the app.

But at the identical time, Twitter’s also testing recent restrictions on who can send DMs, which could limit the usage of these options to only paying Twitter Blue subscribers. If those come into effect, that might significantly limit the worth of those options – on condition that lower than 0.3% of Twitter users have signed on to the Twitter Blue program.

But perhaps there’s an even bigger plan at play, for a bigger push on DM usage, which could make this a more useful, viable consideration.

It’s still in early testing – we’ll keep you updated on any progress.