Twitter's Transformation to 'X' Underway As Official Handles Drop The Blue Bird

Twitter is becoming "X" faster than any of us can get used to it! Elon Musk recently announced the change on Twitter, err, X, manifesting his vision for X as an everything app, along the lines of WeChat and similar services available in China wherein people can do pretty much everything on a single app.

To officiate the change, X started appearing instead of the blue bird on the Twitter website. And now, Twitter has changed its official handle to @X as part of the ongoing rebranding exercise.

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All things Twitter are now all things X

This means that the original @Twitter handle is now gone. Its bio now states "This account is no longer active. Follow @x for updates." Other social media handles of the company have removed the Twitter moniker or replaced it with the letter X.

The original X handle belonged to Gene X Hwang, a photographer. Recently, Hwang tweeted "All's well that ends well" from his new handle. It's unclear if the handle was sold to Twitter, TechCrunch reported.

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Twitter's own handles like @TwitterSupport, @TwitterDev (now inactive), and @TwitterAPI are now @Support, @Xdevelopers, and @API with the new X logo in their profile picture. Even then, many regional handles like Twitter India and Twitter Japan still retain the blue bird identity.

Twitter Blue is also gone! Now, it appears as @XBlue on the website. Regardless, the About page of the subscription still has Twitter Blue branding.

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Earlier, Elon Musk said that the "X" logo will continue to evolve over time. This rebranding exercise is completely scattered right now - some parts of Twitter are still Twitter while others are plastered with X.

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A recent Reuters report highlighted how Meta and Microsoft own X-related trademarks and that X could see some legal challenges on its journey in the near-future.

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