WhatsApp to offer voice service by June
25 Feb 2014 12:39 AM GMT
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress 2014 here, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said the voice service will be deployed first for Android and iPhones, followed later by Blackberry, Microsoft and Nokia phones.
‘We are going to introduce voice in WhatsApp in the second quarter of this year...I think we have the best voice product out there. We use the least amount of bandwidth,’ Koum said.
Currently, users can send voice clips in the form of notes. The new service will be live. Facebook, last week, acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in a deal that is considered to be one of the largest since that of AOL-Time Warner. Zuckerberg was expected to speak at the event about the roadmap ahead for the technology sector as an increasing number of new users log onto the world wide web through their mobile phones. Whatsapp has 450 million users worldwide and claims to be adding one million new users every day.
In the last few quarters, there has been a huge surge in text volumes from platforms like WhatsApp, Tencent-backed WeChat and Line that presents a cheaper alternative to SMS. The data cost incurred for sending messages through these apps by users are cheaper than those charged
by telcos on SMS.
‘We are going to introduce voice in WhatsApp in the second quarter of this year...I think we have the best voice product out there. We use the least amount of bandwidth,’ Koum said.
Currently, users can send voice clips in the form of notes. The new service will be live. Facebook, last week, acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in a deal that is considered to be one of the largest since that of AOL-Time Warner. Zuckerberg was expected to speak at the event about the roadmap ahead for the technology sector as an increasing number of new users log onto the world wide web through their mobile phones. Whatsapp has 450 million users worldwide and claims to be adding one million new users every day.
In the last few quarters, there has been a huge surge in text volumes from platforms like WhatsApp, Tencent-backed WeChat and Line that presents a cheaper alternative to SMS. The data cost incurred for sending messages through these apps by users are cheaper than those charged
by telcos on SMS.
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