People walk in a square in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on April 15, 2026. Go Nakamura/Reuters
XChat, a messaging app launched by Elon Musk’s X platform, was made officially available on the Apple App Store on April 17, but it has been censored in mainland China along with Chinese media reports about its launch.
Searching for “XChat,” “xchat,” or the app’s name in Chinese on Chinese platforms such as Douyin or Little Red Book consistently yields empty results, accompanied by technical error codes such as “-30002,” according to social media posts.
