Booyah

A super fast video chat for WhatsApp friends and groups

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A super fast video chat for WhatsApp friends and groups

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Video and Voice calling

Launch tags:iOS•Messaging•Tech

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Another grid-based photo/video messenger, similar to the recent Tribe. Why did you decide to focus on Whatsapp users, @ileibov?

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

@rrhoover thanks for the comparison, we love Tribe! WhatsApp is the biggest messaging app and its group chat is one of the most used features amongst its users, but we thought it's missing a very important real-time component - video chatting :) That's why we built Booyah to be a companion to it and to offer an extremely quick way to chat live with your friends and groups.

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10yr ago

@ileibov how will you tackle whatsapp launching their video chat (rumoured to be soon)

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10yr ago

@ileibov great product and smart use of Whatsapp social graph to grow. What do you see as your (planned) point of difference from a comparable Whatsapp feature?

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

@cjgreenough and @stefamini we're pretty positive WhatsApp will offer video calls soon (probably 1 on 1 only in the beginning) and although we currently use WhatsApp social graph, we've built Booyah to be able to be platform agnostic. So we'll be able to bridge between messaging apps and social platforms and become *the* place for you to video chat. Other than that, we're also planning on adding some goodies that will surely differentiate us from any video chat solution...

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10yr ago

@ileibov Thanks. Can't wait for the goodies!

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10yr ago

And a big Booyah on your launch! This is going to be big for all my international friends, at least the ones who have decent bandwidth. My wife who's from Costa Rica will love this! What are your plans for integration beyond WhatsApp?

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

Thanks for the feedback @craigstanford! We're currently focusing on developing the Android version and making the iOS app better :) We believe that we should listen to the user's feedback and see what they'd like to see next... What's your thoughts? Oh, and by the way, you should definitely try it with your friends with lower bandwidths as well, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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10yr ago

I live far from family and often rely on facetime and whatsapp calls for communication. Skype is too many steps when im already logged into facetime and whatsapp. This is a very cool addition for me to use. Nice work guys. Was an easy download and its already set up after a few taps! Lets see if i can get my mum to use it too! The true test!

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

@stefamini you can get your all family in there - up-to 12 people!

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10yr ago

@ileibov that's great for my immediate family. Would have been cool to get my extended family in there. Let's say 50? ;)

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

Thanks @bramk for the hunt! Booyah is video chatting made easy - there's no signups‭, ‬no friend requests and‭ ‬no problems‭ ‬:) Just one tap to invite your WhatsApp friends or groups and you're good to go‭. ‬It's free‭, ‬private, secure and incredibly easy and fun to use‭. ‬ We're currently using WhatsApp's social graph but we're not limited to it of course... Android version is coming soon as well as other goodies - but we wanted to hear from the Product Hunt community as soon as possible to learn more about what our audience needs. Please share your comments and feedback with us, we're eager to hear them. We've had a lot of fun building this and we hope you'll enjoy trying it out. Booyah!

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10yr ago

Wakeout - Desk Exercises

In Latin America (I live in both Guatemala and Colombia) we use Whatsapp almost exclusively for calls. Integrating as seamlessly as this with Whatsapp is pretty smart. I'll give it a try with my family and report back some feedback.

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10yr ago

KwaKwa

Maker

@pddro would love to hear what you think!

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10yr ago

Love this. Since I live away from home, whatsapp & Facetime became the mean of communication for friends and family from home. This is a great combination of both and finally allows to "facetime" with everyone in the groupchat. Also big fan of the surprise factor on when and who is hopping on next! I do have some questions and suggestions on design and utility so feel free to connect ! Thanks for creating this, Idel

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10yr ago