Voice Calls news and trends

Alexa’s Next Mission: Voice Calls Without A Smartphone
Amazon Innovations // October 19, 2017

Next up for Amazon’s Echo, powered by Alexa: voice and video calling. In an interview with CNBC, Rohit Prasad, VP and head scientist at Alexa Machine Learning, said the next hugely popular function on the Echo devices will be voice or video calling, in which...

Telegram Launches Voice Calls That Will Utilize AI, End-To-End Encryption
Mobile Applications // March 31, 2017

Telegram is introducing voice calls to its messaging app, offering audio calling that uses artificial intelligence to increase quality on an ongoing basis, as well as end-to-end encryption for security. According to TechCrunch, Telegram was founded by Pavel Durov, a Russian entrepreneur who was the...

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UAE May Allow WhatsApp VoIP

November 07, 2019
A source has revealed that the UAE may lift its ban on WhatsApp calls. Most Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services — including Skype, FaceTime and WhatsApp — are illegal in the UAE. However, Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, executive director of the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority, told CNBC that the country has been working with […]

Telegram Launches Voice Calls That Will Utilize AI, End-To-End Encryption

March 31, 2017
Telegram is introducing voice calls to its messaging app, offering audio calling that uses artificial intelligence to increase quality on an ongoing basis, as well as end-to-end encryption for security....