{"id":3635,"date":"2017-07-17T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:34:42","slug":"amazon-will-take-imessage-new-anytime-messaging-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=3635","title":{"rendered":"Amazon will take on iMessage with new \u2018Anytime\u2019 messaging app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon\u00a0is working on a new \u201cAnytime\u201d service that plans to take on\u00a0the likes of\u00a0Apple\u00a0iMessage.\u00a0The retail giant has begun asking customers what they would like to see from a new messaging app, which promises to\u00a0incorporate texts, video chat, and \u201ca whole lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>AFTVNews<\/em>\u00a0was first to report on the survey, which\u00a0Amazon\u00a0has been distributing to existing customers alongside slides that explain what Anytime will bring. The all-in-one service claims to deliver \u201ceverything you\u2019ve always wanted\u00a0in a messaging app,\u201d including secure conversations, cross-platform support, voice and videos calls, and filters for your photos.<\/p>\n<p>Other features will include support for GIFs and other media, group chats, the ability to challenge friends to games, chat customization with color themes and nicknames, \u201cnew ways to hang out,\u201d and the option to connect with businesses in much the same way you can through Facebook Messenger. Anytime will support\u00a0desktop\u00a0and mobile, with apps for\u00a0Android\u00a0and iOS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3637\" src=\"https:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/amazon-anytime-chat-app-feature-list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of its most unique attributes will be its\u00a0easy\u00a0setup.\u00a0Amazon\u00a0says you\u2019ll be able to reach friends using only their name \u2014 no\u00a0phone\u00a0numbers are needed \u2014 but it\u2019s not yet clear how that will work.\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will be hoping that by making Anytime simple to use, it will attract more customers. It\u2019s incredibly difficult to build a new messaging service today when rivals are already so popular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unclear how far along the new service is, but one customer said the survey seemed to imply it was a ready product,\u201d the report adds. It\u2019s thought\u00a0Amazon\u00a0could be building upon existing technology it already has for Chime, its communication service for enterprise users. The retail giant also added messaging and calling features to Alexa back in May.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u00a0is yet to officially announce Anytime, so its plans could well change \u2014 or be scrapped altogether. But it seems as though\u00a0its launch preparations are already well underway, so we will likely hear something soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><label>SOURCE:<\/label>\u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aftvnews.com\/amazon-possibly-working-on-new-stand-alone-messaging-app-called-anytime\/\">AFTVNEWS<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon\u00a0is working on a new \u201cAnytime\u201d service that plans to take on\u00a0the likes of\u00a0Apple\u00a0iMessage.\u00a0The retail giant has begun asking customers what they would like to see from a new messaging app, which promises to\u00a0incorporate texts, video chat, and \u201ca whole lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-mobile","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}