Truecaller has launched a new app, Open Doors, for safe, secure and private audio conversations. After building Truecaller which safeguards people in their digital lives, and the free app Guardians for personal safety, the Swedish company is now setting sights on a new target – enabling fun, impromptu, global private conversations. Open Doors will be completely free to use and available globally on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The app works seamlessly across both smartphone platforms.
Commenting on the development, Nami Zarringhalam, co-founder, True Software Scandinavia AB, said, “Thanks to Truecaller being 13 years in the business, we’ve spent a great deal of time learning about how people communicate. 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.”
Open Doors has a simple onboarding process. If one is already a Truecaller user, he/she can sign in with just one tap. For people who are not a Truecaller user, his/her phone number will be verified using a missed call or one time password (OTP). The app needs two permissions – contacts (so that you can share Open Doors, or connect with people in your contacts who also have Open Doors) and phone permission (needed to have audio conversations). Participants in a conversation cannot see each other’s phone number.
As a user of Open Doors, one is in complete control at all times. One can start a conversation and leave at will. His/her friends can join conversations when they get a notification or by clicking on a link you share. At launch, the app interface will be available in English, Hindi, Spanish, Latin and French, with more languages to be added later on user demand.
Once a friend joins the conversation, their friends will be invited too. Through the network effect, one can be joined by a large number of people very soon. Meanwhile, based on user feedback, the company will keep innovating and adding more features to Open Doors.
