Wire: messenger from developers from Skype, Microsoft and Apple

    What will happen if the developers of Skype, Microsoft, Apple and Nokia come together? As it turned out, nothing special. They got together and created another messenger.



    The mobile industry and techno-media today was stirred by the news of the release of a new program called Wire. The application, which is a cross-platform messenger, appeared immediately on all major platforms - in the form of applications for iOS, Mac OS and Android. And, perhaps, few would have noticed his appearance (think one more, one less) - there are a lot of instant messengers, if not for the team of its developers, which without exaggeration can be called stellar.



    It is led by Janus Friis, who stood at the origins of the popular communications platform that millions use today. Another co-founder, Jonathan Christensen, used to develop MSN Messenger, while CTO Alan Durik is known for his work at Camino Networks and Telio. In addition to them, the startup (which with such a composition and even with modest results will probably cease to be soon and develop into a large company, in which investments will simply be showered) gathered engineers from Apple, Nokia and Vdio.

    The motivation was as follows. “Skype was launched more than ten years ago, a lot has changed since then - we are used to free calls and text messages, and we carry full-fledged computers in our pockets. Now is the time to create the best means of communication, in all its possible beauty and benefit, ”Friis said.

    The design is really good. Wire supports the well-known Iconical team of designers, engineers and entrepreneurs, which includes Friis, while innovation is not doing very well - Wire can make and receive calls, send text messages, videos and photos, share media files hosted on SoundCloud and YouTube. But he does not have video conferencing functions yet. And although the creators of the messenger claim that they have developed their own audio technology, which is responsible for “crisp and clear sound,” we have already seen all these functions in other messengers. Also among the benefits of Wire, Jonathan Christensen noted end-to-end encryption, which makes the messenger one of the most secure.

    The program is available free of charge for iOS, Android and Mac OS X. Currently, work is underway on versions for different browsers. By the way, even though the messenger is free, it is possible that in the future some functions will be offered optionally for money.

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