<s>
Unmute	B-Application
was	O
a	O
mobile	O
voice	O
messaging	O
application	O
,	O
only	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Best	O
New	O
App	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
on	O
Product	B-Operating_System
Hunt	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
include	O
teens	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
celebrities	O
,	O
including	O
actor	O
Bellamy	O
Young	O
(	O
Scandal	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
hosted	O
an	O
Unmute	B-Application
call	O
with	O
thousands	O
of	O
listeners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unmute	B-Application
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
livestreaming	O
applications	O
YouNow	O
and	O
Periscope	B-Language
,	O
though	O
Unmute	B-Application
is	O
audio-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unmute	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Justin	O
Spraggins	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hosts	O
of	O
the	O
calls	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
"	O
unmute	B-Application
"	O
the	O
listeners	O
,	O
and	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
conversation	O
like	O
a	O
call-in	O
talk	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spraggins	O
said	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
Unmute	B-Application
came	O
to	O
him	O
while	O
sitting	O
in	O
traffic	O
and	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
people	O
were	O
losing	O
out	O
in	O
having	O
actual	O
conversations	O
,	O
as	O
texting	O
gained	O
prominence	O
as	O
a	O
communications	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Spraggins	O
told	O
Business	O
Insider	O
Unmute	B-Application
was	O
growing	O
100	O
percent	O
week	O
over	O
week	O
and	O
with	O
about	O
1	O
million	O
minutes	O
of	O
streaming	O
audio	O
consumed	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
