Billionaire Elon Musk has hinted that his platform X could offer a new email feature that could potentially become a rival to Gmail, Google’s email application. The X account DodgeDesigner posted on Sunday that ‘Xmail’ would be “cool.” Musk, who frequently makes his opinion known on X, wrote the comment section that it is on the platform’s “list of things to do.”
“Yeah,” Musk wrote. “On the list of things to do.”
As of September 2024, Apple Mail leads the global email market with a 53.67% share, followed by Gmail at 30.70%. Other notable clients include Outlook (4.38%), Yahoo! Mail (2.64%), and Google Android (1.72%). However, a newly launched email feature backed by the world’s richest man and the US President-elect’s ‘First Buddy’ could propel an potential ‘Xmail’ as a competitor of Gmail, and potentially even Apple Mail.
Social media users, especially the admirers of Elon Musk, reacted warmly to the news.
“How about the xPhone? We’re all ready for 1,” far-right commentator Gunther Eagleman, one of Musk’s biggest cheerleaders on X, wrote. We’re all ready for 1.
“Yes, please make this happen ASAP,” another user wrote. “Sick and tired of the stranglehold google has on everything. Free email like you freed X!”
“I’m looking for a new email account,” added another. “Please, address this asap! X email will be 𝕏tra 𝕏ceptional!”
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