Engineering

updates from our engineering team

[XChat @chat]

Android, you're next. XChat is coming.

Pre-register now: https://t.co/ss0olSVFkt

[Mike @cambridgemike]

What other features do you want for group chats?

[Nate Esparza @Nate_Esparza]

Let's Re-Introduce Boost

A smart, easy and efficient way for creators, publishers, and small businesses to grow their audience and expand reach in just a few simple steps.

Choose your audience. Select your locations. Hit Boost. Watch your content take off. 🚀

[Aditya Paliwal @VastoLorde95]

The migration in numbers:

- Team of 16 engineers worked over 6 weeks.
- We reduced our footprint from 6M CPU cores, to just 10k cores.
- We are now using the same Grok-based transformer models that power your home timeline.
- Eliminated 15 years of tech debt - replaced 1M LOC of Scala with just 50k LOC of Rust and Python

[Nate Esparza @Nate_Esparza]

The Ads @Engineering team has delivered an incredible New Ads Manager and Ads experience, truly crushing it on all fronts 🔥

The new ads platform is thoughtfully designed for both advertisers and users, making it effortless to create, launch, and promote high-performing ads

[XChat @chat]

Chat with anyone on X.
Completely private.
Now on your home screen.

Download for iOS: https://t.co/wBBfjJyJmu

[Santiago @santiagomed]

Updates to Owned Reads and pricing for posting via the API are now live.

[XChat @chat]

Your encrypted chats deserve their own app.

Pre-order now: https://t.co/TM8Lk7AMGV

[XChat @chat]

Voice Notes on XChat are finally here.

[Belce Doğru Pattabi @belce_dogru]

Try it out https://t.co/UGNhzanrEQ

[Developers @XDevelopers]

https://t.co/R92Vd7IICI

[Developers @XDevelopers]

X Activity API Official Release + New Console Updates!

Monitor the situation with XAA: live event subscriptions for activity that happens on the X platform including profile changes, spaces updates, XChat DMs, & more.

https://t.co/TS0C6zRs2L

[Engineering @Engineering]

https://t.co/FGvSl5xHQK

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

The most powerful distribution channel in the world is Timeline. And today we're launching a new way to take full advantage of it to monetize your content.

Introducing Exclusive Threads

Here's an Exclusive Thread on why it's the best way to build a content business on the Internet 👇

[Michael Boswell @mjboswell]

For the past few months, we’ve been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS.

Today we’re opening it to the first 1,000 users on TestFlight.

Use it. Break it. We want your feedback.

Screenshot → ✓ → “Share Beta Feedback…”

https://t.co/x45kk97r2H

[Michael Boswell @mjboswell]

When you think of video on X, which format do you feel is most important to the platform?

[Developers @XDevelopers]

Officially launching X API Pay-Per-Use

The core of X developers are indie builders, early stage products, startups, and hobbyists

It’s time to open up our X API ecosystem and instill a new wave of next generation X apps

We’re so back. https://t.co/FS66GuIYJD

[xAI @xai]

Understanding requires imagining. Grok Imagine lets you bring what’s in your brain to life, and now it’s available via the world’s fastest, and most powerful video API: https://t.co/tqQwQVgCEI

Try it out and let your Imagination run wild.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Over the last few months, we scoured the world for the top posters in every niche & country

We've compiled them into a new tool called Starterpacks: to help new users find the best accounts—big or small—for their interests

⬇️ Reply below with a topic you're most interested in

We'll be rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks.

[Engineering @Engineering]

We have open-sourced our new 𝕏 algorithm, powered by the same transformer architecture as xAI's Grok model.

Check it out here:  https://t.co/3WKwZkdgmB

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

We will make the new 𝕏 algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days.

This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed.