Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, launched BitChat over the weekend as a beta messaging app that works over Bluetooth networks rather than WiFi or mobile data.

Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has launched a decentralised messaging app to take on WhatsApp and make communication possible without internet access.

Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, wrote on social media that he had launched BitChat, a messaging network that works over Bluetooth networks, for beta testing over the weekend.