New Delhi April 19 (IANS) Popular communication app Truecaller on Thursday announced that in less than a year the app has leapfrogged from 100 million monthly active users (MAUs) to 100 million daily active users (DAUs) globally.
"There are only a handful of mobile-only services that impact as many users each and every day and we are humbled to be able to join this exclusive group " Alan Mamedi CEO and Co-founder of Truecaller wrote in a blog post.
From simple beginnings as a Caller ID and spam blocking app Truecaller has now become a full-fledged communications platform with calling SMS Flash Messages and payment services.
"We could never have predicted that Truecaller would become a resource for women s safety in many countries; or that it would be used for e-commerce and courier services around the globe to facilitate the difficult last mile of delivery or allow more people to experience a data-only product in offline mode " Mamedi added.
In January the Stockholm-headquartered Truecaller launched "Truecaller Backup" feature for Android devices which allows users to backup and restore their contacts call history block list and settings to Google Drive.
" Truecaller Backup has been one of the most requested features by its users and will simplify a user s transition to a new phone or SIM card by securely backing-up their contacts and settings and stored on your Google Drive " the company said.
The "Airtel Truecaller ID" service now has over one million paying subscribers across India.
With this subscription-based service all feature phone users with Airtel mobile service can use "Airtel Truecaller ID" to see who s calling.
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