It has long been known that Google it is not at all happy with its position in the mobile messaging segment. Your offer with Hangouts, although it is one of the most complete that exists, it is not even close to the figures that WhatsApp has, for example. And, therefore, it seems that he has set his eyes on Telegram. And they are serious.
So much so that a meeting held by the top managers from Google and Telegram, Sundar Pichai and Pavel Durov, respectively. And, in this, the possible purchase of the messaging application -one of the safest that currently exists- by the creator of Android to integrate it into its conglomerate of companies (and, from what appears, keeping Telegram's independence intact).
The fact is that we are already talking about figures and these are not exactly minor: 1.000 million It is what Google would have put Durov on the table, which we obviously understand that he is thinking about it (it would be illogical if it were not like that, really). By the way, according to the same source of information, it is indicated that it was the creator of Telegram who contacted the North American giant, Rich Miner being the person who initially started the conversations. But now the point has been reached where Pichai has come into play.
It would be a good deal
The truth is that if the talks come to fruition, the purchase is good for both companies. We say this because separately it has been shown that they cannot with WhatsApp and we already know what they say: the rivals of my enemies are my friends. The fact is that as Facebook did at the time, Google would put the muscle and the put Telegram on all Android, something that is to think about it for the market share that would be achieved.
For its part, the application puts on its part a globally recognized safety, and options as interesting as bots or good artificial intelligence. In addition, that this development maintains independence is not unreasonable, since we must not forget what happened with WhatsApp (whose purchase was much more shocking and expensive, since 16.000 million were paid) -and, neither, that Waze it is free being owned by Google-.
Be that as it may, it seems that conversations exist And, given what has been seen, this move would be beneficial for both companies in order to grow and stand up in the messaging market. What do you think?
