X (Twitter) for Windows

X for Windows PC

X for Windows desktop brings the world's largest real-time conversation platform to your PC, allowing you to follow breaking news, share posts, participate in communities, and communicate through Direct Messages. Available through the Microsoft Store as a Progressive Web App (PWA), it delivers an experience that closely mirrors the web version while integrating with Windows notifications and desktop features. Whether you're following sports, technology, finance, gaming, or world events, X keeps you connected to conversations as they happen.

Social media highlights

• Follow breaking news, trending topics, live events, and conversations from around the world in real time.
• Post text, photos, GIFs, videos, polls, and long-form content while interacting through replies, reposts, quotes, and likes.
• Use Grok to summarize trending topics, explain posts, and answer questions using real-time information from X.
• Access Direct Messages, Communities, Spaces, live video, bookmarks, Lists, and X Premium features from one application.

Stay connected in real time

X is built around live conversations and instant information. Instead of waiting for traditional news coverage, users can follow events as they unfold through posts from journalists, creators, organizations, businesses, public officials, and communities worldwide. Personalized timelines, recommendations, and search tools help surface the topics and accounts most relevant to your interests.

Interface and ongoing enhancements

The Windows application uses a desktop-friendly layout with dedicated navigation for Home, Explore, Notifications, Messages, Communities, and your profile. Because it is based on modern web technologies, new features—including interface improvements, Grok enhancements, and messaging updates—are often delivered quickly without requiring major application downloads.

Controls, desktop integration, and productivity

X integrates with Windows notifications while allowing users to pin the app to the taskbar, resize windows, switch between light and dark themes, and multitask using Windows Snap layouts. Multiple account support, keyboard shortcuts, bookmarks, Lists, and X Pro (for eligible users) help streamline heavy social media workflows.

Performance and system compatibility

X is available through the Microsoft Store and works on modern versions of Windows. Since much of the experience is web-powered, updates arrive frequently while maintaining feature parity with the web platform and mobile apps.

Alternative to consider

• Threads — Meta's social platform for real-time conversations, public discussions, and creator communities integrated with Instagram.