Every now and then an app comes along that starts to quickly generate a lot of interest, and a prime example of this is Wire from Wire Swiss GmbH. The Wire app is a recently launched social networking communications and messaging service, and the co-founder and CEO of the Swiss startup project happens to be a co-founder of Skype. We have details of the Wire app for Android and iOS coming right up.
The messaging app market is a crowded one and Wire will be joining the likes of Facebook Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Line and many others. It’s early days so it remains to be seen if Wire will be able to carve out its own niche, but the amount of initial interest is promising.
Wire prides itself on being a simple app for conversations with friends and family by talk or messaging, and it also offers group messaging. Users can share pictures, YouTube videos, links, and Soundcloud music, and it syncs on phone, tablet or desktop for iOS, Android and also OS X, with a browser version to follow. It has HD Voice audio quality and complies with European privacy laws and regulations for security.
Wire for iOS released on December 3rd and is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running iOS 8.0 or later. Version 1.0 is a free app, and if you want to download and install the Wire iOS app head to iTunes. Wire for Android is also free and is compatible with devices running Android 4.2 or later. You can get it from Google Play.
We’ve taken a look at user reviews in the descriptions on the App Store and Google Play Store and it’s a pretty mixed picture at the moment, with the user interface in particular really splitting opinion. The general consensus of opinion seems to be that the app needs a bit more work, so it will be interesting to see how the Wire app progresses over the coming weeks and months.
Are you already using the Android or iOS version of Wire? If so, what were your first thoughts on this social messaging app? If you decide to download it now we’d also be interested to hear your first impressions on the Wire app, so please do let us have your comments.