Elon Musk announced XMail, competing with Gmail

In the latest move, billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), revealed his latest business project: XMail, a new email service that can challenge the dominance of Google on the market.

On X, he confirmed that the XMail service will be launching 'soon'. In the immediate future, Elon Musk did not provide any further details about the service's features, launch date or price, but suggested that it will be integrated with the X application.

Elon Musk announced his social media platform X that the XMail service will launch soon. (Photo: uinewz).

This news comes amid a wave of panicked Gmail users, alarmed by a scam image claiming that Google will shut down its popular email service in August 2024. The image, which looks like an official Google email, has gone viral on X and other social media. It quickly caused confusion and anger among millions of users.

Shortly after, Google quickly denied the rumors, saying that Gmail is 'here to stay' , and that they recently updated the interface to make it friendlier and more colorful. However, there are some users who are still skeptical about this correction, expressing interest in trying XMail as an alternative.

Some experts believe that XMail could be a game changer in the email service industry, which Gmail has dominated for more than a decade. According to Demand Sage, a market research company, Gmail has more than 1.8 billion active users worldwide as of 2024.

Rhea Freeman, a social media strategist, told MailOnline that XMail 'could happen' and it would be 'interesting to see this development'. She added that XMail may have advantages over Gmail , such as being more secure, easier to customize, and integrating with other X products.

However, she also warned XMail could face challenges, such as convincing users to switch from their existing email accounts, complying with data protection regulations and competing with other services. Other email services such as Outlook, Yahoo and ProtonMail.

XMail could be one of many products that Elon Musk expects to integrate on the revamped social media platform, which he acquired from Twitter in 2022. Musk also stated that, the ultimate goal His take on X is to turn it into an 'everything app' , a one-stop shop for all online services and activities. He also suggested the development of other products such as XPay - a digital payment system and XTube - a type of video sharing platform.