WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging apps!

Today we take a look at WhatsApp, one of the most used apps in the world! The most popular messaging app in regions such as LatAm and Europe!

We even manage to find and discuss some non-Meta personal IM tools, but, most of all, we discuss the killer features they should add to take things to the next level 🚀

— Agenda —

• We’re covering WhatsApp today! How big a deal is it?
• What was the world like in 2009?
• Why does WhatsApp exist?
• What’s the top feature of WhatsApp?
• What’s a WhatsApp Feature Creep?
• Feature Creeps: New features to take WhatsApp to next level?

No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄

— Highlighted software —

WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/ Telegram: https://telegram.org/ Signal: https://signal.org/

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Johnny’s website: https://magrippis.com/ Johnny’s other channels: @johnnifytech & @jmagrippis

— TIMESTAMPS —

0:00 - Teaser: In this episode… 0:58 - Intros & Welcome 1:49 - What is WhatsApp? 4:07 - What was the world like in 2009? 5:01 - Why does WhatsApp exist? 8:30 - Top Features of WhatsApp: multi-platform 10:10 - Top Features of WhatsApp: typing indicator 14:06 - Feature Creep: Holograms for WhatsApp 16:23 - Feature Creep: Real-time translations 19:55 - Feature Creep: Lies Detector for WhatsApp 22:14 - Feature Creep: Unconscious bias assistant 25:54 - Feature Creep: WhatsApp Wrapped 26:21 - Feature Creep: IOT physical WhatsApp nudge 33:06 - Competitors: Telegram, Signal and others 36:05 - Feature Creep: Summarisation of audios 37:47 - Encryption on most popular apps and Signal 40:14 - WhatsApp for Business 43:27 - Bonus: Product Hunt messaging apps 45:20 - Wrap up + COMMENT 💜 SUBSCRIBE