Overview

• Daily sign-ups jumped from roughly 3,000 to about 350,000 within three days following Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s call to use Indian-made apps.
• Google Play installs crossed 1 million and Arattai said it reached No. 1 in the App Store’s social networking category.
• Zoho acknowledged OTP delays, contact-sync issues and call failures during the rush and says OTP delivery has been fixed as it scales servers.
• The app offers 1:1 and group chats, media and file sharing, stories and broadcast channels, multi-device support including desktop and Android TV, and a pledge not to monetize user data.
• Reports say audio and video calls use end-to-end encryption, but coverage remains mixed on whether chats have WhatsApp-style E2EE.