Truecaller today announced a strategic agreement to integrate Google
Duo, a high quality video calling service, within the
Truecaller app.
This will add a crucial communications layer that strengthens the value
of Truecaller’s wildly popular dialer, caller ID, and spam blocking app
already used by more than 250 million users globally.
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Along with news of this integration, Truecaller announced a completely
new redesign of the Android
app, and now with a broader array of useful
features including:
• SMS:Instantly see who’s SMS’ing you and filter out all spam messages.
Spam SMS account for 15% of all SMS messages sent globally, and
represents 1.2 trillion spam messages each year.
• Flash Messaging: which allows you to send quick pre-defined messages
to any Truecaller user to let them know if you’re in distress, you’re on
your way, your location, or that you’ve reached home.
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“From the very beginning we have worked relentlessly to build a product
that helps simplify communications for consumers across the globe, and
help them address important needs such knowing the identity of those
calling, and blocking unwanted numbers. With valuable partners like
Google, we are excited to take the next step in our journey, bringing
all your mobile communications under one roof and giving you the safest,
most efficient, and most convenient experience possible without having
to switch back and forth,” said Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder and CSO of
Truecaller.
“Video calling should work for everybody, regardless of what platform
they are on. Ouraim is to make video calling simple, fast, and available
to everyone,” said Amit Fulay, Head of Duo at Google. “With this
Truecaller integration, we’re able to bring a better video calling
experience to millions of new users.”
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The new look and feel of Truecaller is consistent with its ongoing
commitment to provide a safe and efficient experience for millions of
mobile users who’ve become increasingly frustrated by the growing
problem of spam calls and texts from unknown users. Now as one of the
fastest growing mobile apps in the world, Truecaller sits at the center
of your mobile phone experience helping you connect with the people who
matter, in the way you want to communicate, while avoiding calls and
texts from those you don’t.
Google Duo is a simple video calling app that takes the complexity out
of video calling. The service has been built to be fast and reliable,
with a single button push for connecting with other users.
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Truecaller integration with Google Duo will be available in the coming
months for Android and iOS as a permission-based service, where users
will be able to opt-in and out at any time.
For more information about Truecaller please visit,
www.truecaller.com
or you may download the free Truecaller app on popular platforms
including
Android or
iOS.
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