Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com October 25 news, WordPress.com parent company Automattic yesterday announced the acquisition of Texts applications, a deal worth $50 million (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 365 million yuan).

According to the query of ▲ image source AutomatticCTOnews.com, the Texts application is mainly used to integrate chat software information on various platforms into one place, which is functionally similar to the "People" Hub information flow launched by Microsoft in the Windows Phone period.

Interface of ▲ Text application

▲ source Microsoft Texts application is currently only available in desktop versions (Windows, macOS, Linux), and iOS and Android versions will be launched in the future. The application mainly uses Texts Platform SDK to integrate information from various platforms and supports chat tools such as iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, FaceBook Messenger, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, IRC, Slack, Discord, etc.

In addition to integrating information from various chat tools, the Text app also provides an AI assistant function that helps users extract and summarize key points in "unread messages" and integrates ChatGPT to help users respond to messages quickly and instantly translate messages into different languages.

▲ source Text official website

▲ source Text official website Texts is a subscription system, with a monthly subscription fee of $12.50 (currently about 91 yuan), although Automattic and Texts do not disclose the number of existing users of the platform.

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