Twitter was recently rebranded as X by owner Elon Musk. On Friday, Musk claimed that the social media platform reached “new heights” with more than 540 million monthly users as compared to the reported 229 million monthly active users in May 2022.
Musk assumed control over the site in November 2022 and has since rolled out a few improvements including laying off very nearly 50% of the company’s labor force and delegating Linda Yaccarino as the Chief.
Twitter’s Icon Changed For Both Android And IOS
The mobile application icon for Twitter on both the Android and iOS platforms has been updated to include the letter X amid discussions regarding letter X’s patent rights. Presently, the substance shared by clients, recently known as tweets, are currently called posts.
The Twitter 10.1.0-beta.1 rendition currently shows up on some Android gadgets at ‘X Beta, albeit the apk record is as yet called com. Twitter android. Even on iOS devices manufactured by Apple, the update displays the old name but a new logo.
Tweet Option Also Changed In ‘X’ Android
X for Android has additionally changed the “Tweet” choice on the base right corner of the landing page to “Post,” which proposes that Musk’s concept of rebranding is to get rid of everything old and fundamental of Twitter. Each step is nearer to accomplishing his fantasies about building “the Everything Application.
Twitter’s ‘X’ Likely To Face Legal Roadblocks
Musk’s train to rebranding may encounter some legal obstacles. The letter set or the image X is generally utilized and it very well may be a possible lawful mark of contention. For instance, Meta Platforms, the parent company of its rival social media platform Facebook, owns a federal trademark that was registered in 2019 and features a blue-and-white letter “X” for software and social media.
Companies are Unlikely To File Lawsuit Against Twitter
According to experts, the businesses are unlikely to file a lawsuit unless they are concerned that Twitter’s X “encroaches on brand equity they built in the letter, as one expert put it. Outstandingly, even Meta confronted lawful reaction from trading company Metacapital and augmented reality organization MetaX when they changed their name from Facebook to Meta and later settled over its endlessness image logo.