Bobble Keyboard
Bobble Keyboard [1] enables visual and personalized communication on Android and iOS with stickers, GIFs, emojis, custom fonts etc.
It enables visual expression on chat and social media apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.[2]
It competes with Gboard, Google Indic Keyboard, SwiftKey, Swype, Chrooma, Minuum, Fleksy, Sogou, TouchPal etc.[3]
History
It started as an app for stickers and evolved into a keyboard for visual and personalized communication.
Features
Predicting emojis, stickers, GIFs with AI
Glide Typing
Word corrections
Auto-suggestions
Search bar to access emojis
Indic Support
Typing in possible in English and 21 Indian languages. [4]After Google’s Indic Keyboard, Bobble is ranked #2 among Indic keyboards. It has 4.5% market share. [5]
Investments
Its angel investors include Sachin and Binny Bansal (founders of Flipkart), Deep Kalra (founder of MakeMyTrip), Amit Ranjan (co-founder of SlideShare), Prashant Tandon (CEO of 1MG), Gaurav Agarwal (CTO of 1MG, ex-Zynga), Prashant Malik (ex-Facebook, co-creator of Cassandra). [6]
It is VC funded by SAIF Partners.
Associations
It has partnered with companies from India, China, US, Israel etc. including Apple and Baidu. [7]
It has partnered with OEMs like InFocus, Gionee, Zen etc. It has also partnered with Indus OS, India’s 2nd biggest mobile OS. [8]It partnered with Apple for the launch of the iMessage App Store in September 2016.[9]
Bobble Keyboard has partnered with production houses like Eros International (link) to promote movies like Bajirao Mastani. It has partnered with Nazar Battu Productions to promote characters like Dalveer-Satbeer and Junaid-Bilal. [10]
Company Overview
Bobble Keyboard was founded by Ankit Prasad and Mohd. Wassem in 2015. It employs a staff of over 30 in Delhi.
Media Coverage
Bobble Keyboard has been covered by media houses and publications like CNBC, Economic Times, Indian Express Group, DNA, YourStory etc.
References
- ↑ "[App Fridays] Will GIFs be the 'go-to language' for millennials? Bobble Keyboard believes so". Internate Business Times. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Bobble's customized stickers in regional languages available on Indus OS". Business-Standard. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Bobble Keyboard app: Start-up converts selfies into comic stickers". Financial Express. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Bobble's customized stickers in regional languages available on Indus OS". Business-Standard. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Keeping up with the keyboard: How Bobble is taking over every teen's smartphone". Brandequity.EconomicTimes. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Bobble becomes first Indian app to be integrated with Apple iMessage App Store". deccanchronicle. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Bobble's tech to power Japan's Baidu for real-time personalised content". Yahoo news. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Indus OS ties up with Bobble for regional stickers". Gadget Now. Retrieved Nov 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Bobble Keyboard app to come pre-installed on Zen sartphone". Yahoo news. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Bobble Keyboard, Nazar Battu tie-up to provide famous characters to users,". DNA India. Retrieved Apr 10, 2017.
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