Truecaller has launched a clubhouse-like private audio conversation app called Open Doors. You can start a conversation and your friends can join the conversation upon receiving a notification. Once they join, their friends will be intimated and they too can join. As so, as you see, based on the network effect, the number of people involved in the conversation grows. With more than 300 million daily active users, Truecaller has a huge cache and user base to push this network effect. You probably are one of those users. So, if you are curious about Open Doors, here we have the key details about the product for you.
Open Doors is a free social media app that involves the participants interacting with others using just audio. In that sense, it could be considered as a Clubhouse alternative.
It is made by True Software Scandinavia AB, the parent company of Truecaller, Caller ID, and spam blocking service.
Currently, the app UI is available in English, Hindi, Spanish, Latin, and French. More languages will be added in the future.
It can be downloaded globally from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
You can also find the download link to Open Doors down below:
As the company notes in the press release, “If you are already a Truecaller user, you can sign in with just one tap”. Else, you will have to enter your phone number and it will be verified through a missed call or OTP.
Further, you’ll have to grant two permissions: contacts (for the network effect) and phone permission (to conduct audio conversations). Now, in case you’re concerned, the company assures you your phone numbers won’t appear to the other person in the conversation.
To reiterate, you can begin and end a conversation as and when you wish. Your friends (contacts) will get notifications to join the conversation and similarly, their friends shall too. Anybody part of the conversation can also share a link to others asking to join.
The Open Doors community will moderate the group conversations but the latter is not stored anywhere and no one can pry on private chats.
“Thanks to Truecaller being 13 years in the business, we’ve spent a great deal of time learning about how people communicate. said Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder of True Software Scandinavia AB. Our new app Open Doors was born out of a simple question - how can we help people make new connections without being intrusive? And this is what we want to do: to bridge the world using the most natural form of communication, our voices.
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