Meet Beams: the latest hot social audio app | Sifted

“Let me start out with an Italian restaurant that has been around for over 100 years. It’s called Monte’s in Williamsburg,” Olivia Cohen says, speaking into her iPhone as she records her voice. It’s a spot worth visiting for “solid red sauce classics,” family-style dishes, and overall “very amazing nostalgic vibes,” she explains. And they’ve even maintained the classic decor too, which she loves.  After she has finished recording her 90 second clip, another woman, named Marie, chimes in with her take on the best Italian restaurant in town. Locanda Vini e Olii on Clinton Hill in Brooklyn is a winner, she says. It’s housed in an old pharmacy, where the aesthetics are “super cute” and the food is “very rustic.” These musings on Italian food are just one example of the kind of discussions happening on Beams – a collaborative short-form audio app that launched in April this year. On Beams, users can start a group, record themselves speaking on a particular theme and then invite others to collaborate with them asynchronously by sharing their views or experiences. Beams is currently available on iPhone; access for Android users will be rolled out in the coming months. So far, Beams has stacked up 10k…
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