You can talk on your phone, you can text on your phone, but how often can your texts do the talking? Smith Micro Software, Inc.’s newest release is about to let your messages speak for themselves.
Smith Micro has released a new mobile messaging app called AniMates which features talking characters, voice effects and a variety of backgrounds. This myriad of content is intended to let users express themselves in new ways via unique content.
The talking character messages can be sent and received for free, even to users outside of the AniMates app. Users with the app can customize their message and content to their liking, then send it via the app, SMS, email or Facebook. What’s more, the AniMates app has the potential to be “bundled” in with other messaging apps, making its features available on additional platforms.
The goal of AniMates is to let as many users as possible express themselves in brand-new ways; Smith Micro hopes to create a widespread and universal mobile messaging app, but also offer local content by opening up content creation to digital artists around the world. Content on the platform, then, will be original and high-end, due to the wealth of talent-creators Smith Micro can reach.
“What really makes AniMates unique is the content—we’re cultivating a fantastic library of characters and backgrounds from an artist community of thousands who have used our animation software for years. There will be no limit to the creativity and diversity that users will be able to enjoy with AniMates characters,” William W. Smith, Jr, CEO at Smith Micro, said in a statement.
If your texts have been feeling a little limp, or your emojis just aren’t that emotional anymore, check out AniMates on Google Play now; it will be available on iOS come the end of July.
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