Feature Creeps

WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging apps!

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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/

    Joao’s website: https://jvmartins.com/

    Johnny’s website: https://magrippis.com/

    Johnny’s other channels: @johnnifytech & @jmagrippis

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    TIMESTAMPS
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    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

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    Feature CreepsBy João Martins and Johnny Magrippis