Caller ID company Truecaller today announced Truecaller for the Web, a web version that offers SMS and chat mirroring, call notifications, and number lookup capabilities. At launch, it will be available only to his Android users in India, but it is planned to expand to other regions as well.
All Truecaller for Android users can link their device to the web client on a PC or Mac via a QR code. Currently, users can only link to one web client. If you do not use Truecaller for the web he has a 30 day timeout period. Users can also manually unlink their browsers from settings. This is similar to linking his web version of messengers such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
Truecaller has been slow to roll out SMS (and chat) mirroring. Microsoft provides its SMS mirroring to both Android and iPhone users on Windows through its Phone Link feature. However, this feature is useful for quickly replying to friends or checking one-time passwords (OTPs) for logins.
Truecaller already offers number lookup on its site, but there are some limitations. When you link your device to the new Truecaller for web client, you can search for numbers without these rate limits. The web client also displays real-time caller ID notifications when calls come in.
The company says 80 million people receive SMS pop-up summary notifications every day. This only means that these users have not denied his Truecaller her SMS read permission. However, it is unclear whether these people are using his Truecaller as their primary SMS client.
Over the past few months, Truecaller has focused on introducing AI-powered features. Last month, it rolled out a “Max” feature update for Android users that blocks all calls from unauthorized contacts and AI-detected spam. The company introduced call recording and AI-powered transcription to India (its largest market with about 259 million users) in February after launching the feature in the US last year.
The company saw its stock price drop 32% in October 2023 after posting a decline in revenue in the same quarter. However, the stock has recovered from its low of SEK 24.47 ($2.32) and is trading around SEK 31.68 ($3) in 2023. write.