X (previously Twitter) is now rolling out its audio and video calling capabilities to Android customers following their iOS launch final October. Customers could have to replace the app to see the function, in keeping with X developer Enrique Barragan, who additionally says that any consumer can obtain calls, however solely X Premium subscribers can place them.
It’s unclear how lengthy the rollout will take to achieve all Android customers, although we’ve confirmed that at the least considered one of The Verge’s Android gadgets is displaying the function after the X app was up to date. X Premium subscriptions begin at $3 per 30 days for the “Primary” tier, but it surely isn’t clear from X’s Assist Centre which tier the outbound video and audio calling perk is locked behind.
Customers on each iOS and Android can allow or disable the function by heading into Settings > Privateness and security > Direct Messages > Allow audio and video calling. If enabled, customers also can handle which customers can name them, with restrictions out there that restrict receiving calls to folks of their handle e book, customers they comply with, or simply these with blue ticks.