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Renowned tech mogul and billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that long-form videos will soon be accessible on smart television sets through the social network X..
The announcement comes in the wake of reports by Fortune magazine stating that the platform is gearing up to launch a TV app next week for Amazon and Samsung users..
In October of the previous year, X launched a preliminary iteration of video and audio calling, in harmony with Elon Musk's objective to evolve the platform into an all-encompassing super app that integrates messaging, peer-to-peer payments, and, most recently, long-form video content..
According to Fortune's sources, the X TV app is anticipated to resemble Google's Youtube TV app, signaling Musk's ambitious drive to compete with the popular video-sharing platform..
The Articles feature empowers X users to share comprehensive content on the platform, encompassing images, videos, GIFs, posts, and links, in addition to plain text..
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