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内容总结：

X平台推出独立聊天应用XChat，iOS版现已上线

马斯克旗下的X平台（原Twitter）近日正式推出独立消息应用XChat，iOS版本已开放下载。这意味着用户若想完整使用xAI生态服务，需同时安装三个应用程序。

根据发布视频显示，XChat集成了X平台此前引入的现代聊天功能，包括消息删除与编辑、截屏屏蔽、阅后即焚等。该应用还支持视频和语音通话，并宣称所有消息均采用端到端加密。

值得注意的是，X平台不久前宣布将于5月底关闭“社区”功能，而XChat将成为替代方案。目前其群聊功能支持最多350人参与，未来计划进一步扩大容量。分析人士指出，此举与马斯克将X打造为“全能应用”的初衷相悖，但考虑到X已成为xAI子公司，而xAI又隶属于SpaceX，马斯克当前的重心显然已转向人工智能领域，复制微信模式或许已不再是首要任务。

中文翻译：

XChat，X平台专属的独立消息应用，现已在iOS系统上线。
如今你需要三个应用程序才能获得完整的xAI体验。
XChat作为访问X消息功能的独立应用，现已开放iOS版本下载。X最早在2025年表态要将私信功能从主应用中剥离，不过至少目前，XChat仍可在原版X应用、网页端以及这款新应用中使用。
从上线宣传视频来看，这款新版XChat应用继承了X此前为聊天功能引入的诸多现代消息应用特性，例如消息删除与编辑、截屏拦截以及阅后即焚功能。XChat还支持视频与语音通话，X宣称所有通过XChat发送的消息均采用端到端加密。
XChat预计还将成为围绕X社区功能组建的各类群组的核心载体。该社交平台最近宣布将于五月底下线社区功能，并表示XChat对更大规模群聊的支持堪称不错的替代方案。目前XChat群聊可容纳350人，但X计划未来继续扩容。
“那个号称包罗万象的应用，现在需要三个应用才能使用核心产品。”
—— @camolNFT 2026年4月23日
埃隆·马斯克最初将推特更名为X时，曾承诺要将其打造成“万能应用”，让算法信息流、即时通讯、招聘板块乃至支付功能都能共存。独立消息应用显然与这一愿景背道而驰，但这也折射出X在2026年的现实处境：该公司现已成为xAI的子公司，而xAI本身又隶属于SpaceX。马斯克对人工智能领域的深耕如今才是发展重心，克隆微信那样的应用或许已退居次席。

英文来源：

XChat, the standalone app for messaging on X, is available on iOS now
You'll now need three apps to get the complete xAI experience.
XChat, the standalone app for accessing X's messaging feature, is available to download now for iOS. X first suggested it would be stripping direct messaging from X in 2025, but at least for now, XChat is available in the original X app, the web and this new app.
Based on its launch video, the new XChat app offers many of the elements of modern messaging X had already introduced to its chats feature, like the ability to delete and edit messages, block screenshots and send disappearing messages. The new XChat app also supports video and audio calls, and X claims that all messages sent with XChat are end-to-end encrypted.
XChat will also be expected to be the home of any groups that formed around X's Communities feature. The social platform recently announced that it was retiring Communities at the end of May, and suggested that XChat's support for larger group chats could be a worthwhile alternative. XChat's group chats can currently have 350 participants, but X plans to expand that number in the future.
The everything app, which requires 3 apps to use the core product. pic.twitter.com/1aJF4n2par
— camol (@camolNFT) April 23, 2026
Elon Musk's original pitch after he rebranded Twitter as X, was to turn the platform into an "everything app," where things like an algorithmic feed, messaging, job boards and even payments could exist side-by-side. A standalone messaging app seems like the exact opposite of that, but it might also reflect where X finds itself in 2026. The company is now a subsidiary of xAI, and xAI itself is part of SpaceX. Musk's push into AI appears to be the going concern, and cloning something like WeChat might just be less important.