BRUSSELS – Die With Me is a new messenger application for iOS and Android users that connects strangers in a chat room allowing them to meet briefly and pass the time away but there is a catch the app only works on phones with a remaining battery life of five percent or less.
The new messenger app was launched by Dries Depoorter, a Belgian artist, and David Surprenant, a Montreal-based interactive developer.
“We wanted to do something positive with a low battery,” Depoorter told Motherboard.
The app only functions when a user’s battery is at five percent or lower. Then, the user can choose a nickname and enter a chat room to talk to other low-battery sufferers.
The idea came to Depoorter in 2016 when he was travelling for work.
“I was in a city that I didn’t know on my way back to the hotel, and my phone battery was low, I was really stressed about this as it was already turning tonight. At that moment, I had the idea for an app that you can only use when you have a low battery.” Digital Trends quoted Depoorter
The app is available for 99-cent on Android Play Store and Apple App Store for 99-cent.
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