As I've said before in other messaging app posts, these things are going to have an incredibly tough time onboarding users and replacing a user's texting app if they don't integrate both SMS and Wire conversations between two people into the same thread.
After doing some research, I'm aware that this is more complex to implement than people think, but if they're going to have any shot at competing against the likes of WhatsApp, they need this advantage. If a small team of indie developers can get it working with the Disa app, I don't see why a startup with resources can't do it.
The UI is stunning, however sometimes I get stuck with how to use it. But hey, I don't understand Snapchat's UI and they seem to be doing ok ;)
Upon signing up, would love to see a welcome message or two - so I could easily get a feel for the service. Right now just waiting for more friends to sign up.
All that said, great visuals and sounds - fingers crossed that more people check it out.
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I'm stuck at the "People You May Know" UI -- I'm clearly not just going to add someone from that. Not sure...what to do next, but all the UI previews I've seen look really promising. Now I guess it's...can Wire become ubiquitous...or at least gain critical mass? I dunno...much higher friction than apps like GroupMe or WhatsApp that fall back on SMS when someone doesn't have it installed.
I think the UI is pretty for sure, but not having anyone on the other end by default, and the feeling of "Now what do I do?" is a quick path to disengaging me with the product. I'd suggest a bot, or "Team Wire" on the other end, by default, to help me see immediate value, and therefore motivates me to want to invite my friends.
I genuinely love this messaging app, but like every other alternative chat app, you'll never be able to convince your friends to get off Facebook Messenger so it becomes yet another messaging app 🙂
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