Prediction Didn’t hold up AI assessment confidence: 85% certainty 3/5 debate potential 1/5

Five-O is developing SMS functionality for users without smartphones

Ima and Asha Christian · a16z Podcast | Three Kids, One App, One Love -- The Five-O Story · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:20

Ima and Asha Christian, creators of police interaction rating app Five-O, discuss their technical roadmap for expanding accessibility globally.

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“We're also trying to get it that function so that it can work with SMS, and they can submit their interaction reports through text messaging.”

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The claim, plainly

The Five-O team is developing an SMS feature so users without smartphones can submit police interaction reports via text message.

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Assessment

On August 28, 2014, then-founders Ima and Asha Christian stated during an interview on the a16z Podcast that they were working to develop an SMS function enabling users without smartphones to submit police interaction reports via text message. An exhaustive review of Five-O's public app store release notes, press releases, and media profiles confirms that an SMS-based reporting feature was never launched. Because the founders have since moved on to other software ventures and the Five-O project is no longer active, the feature was never realized and can no longer come true.

No official product documentation, app store update notes, or announcements confirm that Five-O ever deployed an SMS reporting feature.
The founders subsequently pivoted to other software initiatives (such as Coily), ending active development of Five-O without the SMS feature being released.

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[1] a16z.com [2] wikipedia.org [3] weebly.com [4] fastcompany.com [5] scribd.com [6] forbes.com [7] columbuscriminalattorney.com [8] tip411.com

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