Twitter upgrades DM replies, Musk claims encrypted DMs launch on Wednesday

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Twitter is making some big changes to direct messages and expects to introduce encrypted DMs on Wednesday, according to Tuesday evening tweets from the company and owner Elon Musk.

Let’s start first with the immediate changes. As detailed in a tweet from the company’s support account, you can now reply to specific messages (which work like the in-line replies you might be familiar with in iMessage) and react to messages with any reaction instead of a limited few. I just downloaded the iOS app to my phone and both features were there. You can access them by pressing and holding on a specific message.

We’re excited to launch two new features in Direct Messages today! Introducing DM Replies! You can now reply to any message you receive...

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