Google is planning to launch its own messaging app on the lines of WhatsApp according to a report in The Economic Times . Google plans to start testing the said app in India and other emerging
markets globally.
To that effect Google even sent their product manager Nikhyl
Singhal to do a recce of the messaging app ecosystem in India.
Google failed to buy out WhatsApp, for which it had offered $10 billion, to Facebook which ultimately bought the messaging app for a whopping $19 billion.
WhatsApp boasts of 65 million
users in India of the 600 million global users. Other apps such as WeChat,Viber, Line and most recently Hike too have a user base upwards of 15 million users in India.
The Google messaging app is in the
early stages of development and will. most likely come out only in 2015, according to sources.
This app will not force you to use your Google login credentials. Plans are on to add Indian language support and voice-to-text
messaging. Also he messenger will be free to use.
http://m.tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-working-on-a-new-messenger-app-to-compete-with-whatsapp-236500.html
markets globally.
To that effect Google even sent their product manager Nikhyl
Singhal to do a recce of the messaging app ecosystem in India.
Google failed to buy out WhatsApp, for which it had offered $10 billion, to Facebook which ultimately bought the messaging app for a whopping $19 billion.
WhatsApp boasts of 65 million
users in India of the 600 million global users. Other apps such as WeChat,Viber, Line and most recently Hike too have a user base upwards of 15 million users in India.
The Google messaging app is in the
early stages of development and will. most likely come out only in 2015, according to sources.
This app will not force you to use your Google login credentials. Plans are on to add Indian language support and voice-to-text
messaging. Also he messenger will be free to use.
http://m.tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-working-on-a-new-messenger-app-to-compete-with-whatsapp-236500.html
