When you think “live streaming video,” you’re probably going to have either Qik or Flixwagon immediately popping into your head. But, a newcomer streaming video app takes a new approach to video streaming from smartphones, and it’s already 1 million users strong! The app, Knocking Live Video, has, in just 121 days, managed to capture over 1 million iPhone and Android users. The idea behind Knocking is to stream live video from one smartphone directly to another smartphone in a sort of private, one-way video chat. Think of it as a free version of AT&T’s Video Share one-way video chat service.
Knocking Live Video is the only smartphone-to-smartphone streaming video app that works over 3G cellular data networks. At just 4 months old, the service already boasts a user-base of over 1 million users, with a growth curve that’s 3-4 times steeper than location-based social networks Gowalla and Foursqaure. The app works cross-platform, and can stream video from an Android phone to an iPhone and vice-versa.
If you’re not yet convinced of the uses for Knocking Live Video, check out the video below showing an RC plane pretending to be a recon drone.
Full press release after the jump.
Knocking Live Video™ Casts One Million Users in Just Four Months
The only 3G phone-to-phone live video app sees viral growth faster than Twitter and FourSquare.
Danbury, CT —April 23, 2010 — Knocking Live Video, the first ever 3G phone-to-phone cross platform live video streaming app today announced that it hit one million users on April 1, 2010 exactly four months after the app’s launch. As Knocking’s user base and adoption rate experiences explosive growth, individuals and communities are finding innovative ways to incorporate the app into their daily lives.
Explosive Growth:
In addition to gaining 1 million users in just 121 days, Knocking has shared over 917,000 video sessions in just three weeks since the launch of version 1.2, which allows cross-platform video sessions between Android and iPhone devices. The average knock lasts over one minute, with users sharing over 50,000 video sessions per day. In an average 24-hour period, Knocking shares over 38 days worth of live video.
Total Days to 1M Users:
“Building a community one million strong in such a short period of time is a testament to Knocking’s usefulness, unrivaled popularity, and position in the market” said Brian Meehan, lead developer and co-founder of Knocking Live Video. “As the only 3G, phone-to-phone streaming video app, Knocking’s completely viral. We add around 13,000 new users a day on word-of-mouth alone.”
Unique Uses:
In addition to keeping in touch with family and friends, users are finding amazing ways to utilize the app. Matt Klusza, a hearing-impaired iPhone user, has become an advocate for Knocking, using the app to communicate using sign-language and share moments live with friends and family.
“We keep hearing more and more unique uses of our application from our Knocking community,” explains Jim Montalto, co-founder of Knocking Live Video. “Whether it’s the deaf community, doctors, military families, real estate agents – you name it – they’re all finding that sharing video live from phone-to-phone can change lives.”