Location sharing is a daunting proposal. We live in a day and age where users are extremely concerned with their privacy, and they are right about it, with power and technology, comes a huge responsibility, and not everyone makes the right choices when it comes to that.
We have been overwhelmed by the response Wave has had. Users around the globe love it. With over 8 million users and a new Wave opened every second, it is clear that we have created a tool that fits into more and more lives every day. However, times change and we are committed to adapt to what you need and want. There is a famous quote by Lewis Carroll from Alice in Wonderland that says: “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that”. That is the motto we must follow in the tech world to be on the bleeding edge and give you the best App, so that you can forget that the phrase “Where are you?” ever existed.
This commitment to you led us back to the drawing board to rethink everything we do and why we do it. We partnered with top design talents and listened very carefully to all the user feedback. What this meant is we started Wave from scratch. This was a perfect opportunity to start again, rethink everything, improve efficiency and introduce really robust and scalable real time systems.
With that in mind we build Wave 3.0. And I couldn’t be prouder to tell you that you can download it right now from the App Store and Google Play.
So, why should you choose us? Wave’s core value is its technology, it is the mechanic heart that runs everything and that conveys our experience, this meant that if we wanted to be the go-to App to finding your family and friends, we had to make sure that we excelled in three main pillars:
The first one is security. Your location is an extremely valuable tool, it can be used to meet your friends, or to hurt you. That is why we decided to use military grade encryption and ensure that only the people you are waving with can see your location. We use SSL grade A encryption, dynamic tokens that change periodically and end to end encryption to make this the App even the military could use.
The second one is reliability and speed. What good is a location tool if it is not fast sending your location? Or if it cannot scale up as needed? We have worked endless hours on custom backend systems that combine state of the art technology, with trusted complex systems used in telephony to handle an unheard-of concurrency and achieve load times that make you believe in magic.
The third one is efficiency. Sharing your location can be a battery hog. We have all experienced extreme draining from using apps like Google Maps. This has led us to work on the most advanced location algorithms available, using triangulation via accelerometers, network positioning and the GPS sensor to be the most battery friendly app out there whilst pinpointing your location with extreme accuracy.
We know that just as a healthy heart is the key to a great athlete, our technology is from where we build everything. We have made it so effortless it fades away when you use it and it is what makes us the best location sharing App. Our laser like focus on the important will always be there to provide the definitive App you as user deserve.
You can read more about what how our technology works in a post on the AWS blog (https://aws.amazon.com/es/blogs/database/wave-a-private-location-app-running-on-amazon-rds/), and of course our new website is also a great place to find out more about us https://www.waveapplication.com/
We pair all of this we an eye-popping design and cool new features such as:
- The ability to transform individual Waves into group Waves
- You can now send your location to anyone via a URL they can view in a web page (this is what we call Unidirectional Waves), so you can have an awesome experience even with people who don’t have the App installed.
- We have a new people-centered UI.
- Our chat is now blazing fast and be accessed everywhere.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg, check out the new version for yourself and let us know what you think! You can download it by accessing https://download.waveapplication.com or by scanning the following QR code on your device:
Hope you enjoy it!
Feel free to drop a line on the comments or reach me at pablo@waveapplication.com with any questions 🙂
Pablo Clemente Pérez 