WhatsApp Rival From Google May Arrive Soon - Would It Be Better?

Ankita KatdareWill you delete WhatsApp and install the new Google app as and when it arrives?

No problem for me. I do not use WhatsApp. My phone is dumb (like the owner!)

#-Link-Snipped-# 😁 The question here is - whether the existing users who are addicted to WhatsApp because all their friends are on it too, will move to Google's Whatsapp Rival?

When Google introduced Facebook rival with Google+, thousands of reports emerged as to whether Zuckerberg's Social Platform will wither away as the tech-giant had taken it upon them to bring a competitor worthy of mass attention. But we all know that Google+ is still only being used by a handful.

(In fact, it's good to see that some of the Google Chiefs out the news about their latest products and updates through Google+ walls)

To truly make a WhatsApp killer app, Google will have to make its existing Hangouts system better. It can be developed to be open, cross platform, cross network and free forever.

(And yeah, no ads please!)

I believe Google can and will create a whatsapp killer. Google has always been that kind of a company. Killed Yahoo! and MSN, killed the Messenger for good. Facebook is extremely innovative, hence Google+ wasn't able to do the same to FB. But FB hasn't done anything to Whatsapp yet, and unless it does so, Google is going to make a kill. Open Market!

I think it's the opposite. Google won't be able to create whatsapp killer. Give me a solid reason for the average user to make the switch! Facebook's still being used by hundreds of millions of people; but it's dying a slow death. People will find their own whatsapp alternative about 2 years from now - and I'm quite sure that it'll be a startup that will benefit.

You need something radically different to be a killer. For example Gmail literally killed hotmail by offering 1GB of storage, when Hotmail was happily offering 2MB. WhatsApp jumped in when the cool kids were looking for Facebook alternative and made the entire 'sign-up' process redundant. Google killed Yahoo and Alta-Vista by being smarter. But I doubt they'll be able to kill WhatsApp.

Contrapunto, you have given more reasons why Google would be able to kill Whatsapp than why it wont.

Shashank MogheContrapunto, you have given more reasons why Google would be able to kill Whatsapp than why it wont.

Nope. This -

Kaustubh KatdareGive me a solid reason for the average user to make the switch!

Google will surely add features which WhatsApp don't have. If it is just replica of WhatsApp, then there is no slight chance. But if they'll add something which is not in WhatsApp then Google might kill this too.

Kaustubh KatdareYou need something radically different to be a killer. For example Gmail literally killed hotmail by offering 1GB of storage, when Hotmail was happily offering 2MB.

For the same reason as this. FB hasn't been able to make any changes to Whatsapp, Google will make the kill.