FlexTime wants to help people seem cooler than they are by tricking others into believing they’re friends with celebrities like Post Malone and Billie Eilish.
The app allows users to simulate a FaceTime call by using clips from various live streams and Instagram stories posted over the last year. The clips are saved using a basic screen recorder, and then played back as a standard FaceTime call that users can interact with to make their own video.
The idea began as a possible stunt for Brooklyn-based creative agency Mischief. It quickly picked up speed, however, when the team started realizing how important FaceTime was to a generation of kids, developer Daniel Greenberg tells The Verge.
“Millennials are all about texting,” Greenberg…
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