Announcing the launch of Open Doors from Truecaller
Truecaller, the world’s leading global communications platform, today launched a
brand new app for safe, secure and private audio conversations: Open Doors. The app is a labour of love, built over many months by a
dedicated international team.
After building Truecaller that 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 & Apple App Store. The app works seamlessly across
both smartphone platforms.
“Thanks
to Truecaller being 13 years in the business, we’ve spent a great deal of time
learning about how people communicate, said Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder of True
Software Scandinavia AB. 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.”
How Open Doors Works:
Open Doors has a simple onboarding
process. If you are already a Truecaller user, you can sign in with just one
tap. If you’re not a Truecaller user, your phone number will be verified using
a missed call or OTP. The app needs only 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 can not see
each other’s phone number.
As a user of Open Doors, you are in
complete control at all times. You can start a conversation and leave at will.
Your 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 your friend joins the conversation,
their friends will be invited too. Through the network effect, you can be
joined by a large number of people very soon. Do keep in mind that
conversations are real-time and moderated by the community, just like
Truecaller. They are not stored anywhere and neither can someone listen in
without you knowing. We expect participants to foster a safe, inclusive and
respectful environment during conversations.
Based on user feedback, we will keep
innovating and adding more features to Open Doors. Some innovations that are
already in the works, thanks to a small beta tester group, are the ability to
set a close circle of contacts (so that others in your contacts who have Open
Doors will not always get a notification when you start a conversation), the
ability to react to what people are saying and precise control over how the app
notifies you of new conversations.
About
Open Doors:
Open Doors is a brand-new app that enables
safe, global conversations in real time. It is owned and developed by True
Software Scandinavia AB, the makers of Truecaller – the world’s most trusted
and accurate Caller ID and spam blocking service. Open Doors is free, available
globally, works seamlessly on both mobile platforms, and is designed with
privacy and ease-of-use in mind. True Software Scandinavia AB is headquartered
in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was founded in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami
Zarringhalam.
To download Open Doors, please visit: https://open-doors.app
For more information, please contact: press@truecaller.com
