For a couple of days a rumor is flooding the network and drawing the attention of users and media alike. And it is that, supposedly, the company Google would be in the middle of negotiations to acquire the extremely famous and mediatic messaging tool WhatsApp A rumor that seems to come from sources close to both companies and that offers several more pieces of information, fitting the pieces together with another rumor that has circulated the Internet in the last week about the new and unified system Mountain View messaging service that they would call Google Babel.
Thus, it seems that Google and WhatsApp have been negotiating for more than a month to adjust the purchase conditions of this messaging service. A transaction that, according to these same sources, would be around billion dollars Which inevitably brings to mind the case of the purchase of Instagram by Facebook, the amount of which was initially similar. However, it seems that the negotiations are taking longer because of WhatsApp, who would be interested in increasing that amountAll this, we repeat, is not officially confirmed
WhatsApp is a very tempting service for large companies that focus their business on communication So much so that there were already rumors this past winter about the intention to buy FacebookHowever, to date, those responsible for WhatsApp have always come forward stating that this application was created to be functional , and not thinking of doing a business to sell it later. Something that they have come to describe as “thinking about divorce before getting married” Hence, this new step is, to say the least, surprising, sinceWhatsApp has always defended its independence, both from large companies and from the . Reason for which inevitably began charging for its service as of last March to all those users who finalized their annual period free trial
However, its volume of users (some claim that it is already 300 million users) and its geographical extension by more than 100 countriesmake it especially tempting for large companies.In addition, according to several analysts, WhatsApp would achieve some 100 million dollars annual profit. A unconfirmed data that could be higher since last March he put aside the kindness to renew the service in a free and random way to many of its users. A movement that could increase its value and, therefore, the amount that Google should pay for your purchase.
For its part, according to other media, Google would be found in WhatsAppA user base and drive for this app needed to support your Google Babel project (or Bubble according to some media). And it is that unify all messaging services under the same brand and tool may not please all users, but if you take advantage of the pull of WhatsApp It is to be expected that the event had another nuance.However, they are only speculations
For now it's nothing more than a rumor, so we will have to be aware of what happens in the coming days.
