In the ever growing world of smartphones, Instant Messaging apps play a key role in connecting people effortlessly and at no cost. Gone are the days when we used to connect to our friends and family via text messaging. With increasing user adoption, many new IM apps have hit the market. All the messengers do mostly the same things but little extra functions of each app lead to major competition between them.
If you’re looking for a good messenger to keep in touch with your friends and family, here’s the list of the Top 5 trending messengers below.
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WhatsApp
WhatsApp has been able to make its way to most smartphones around the world; regardless of the OS they run on. This extremely popular messaging App is one of the few Apps in history that can boast more than one billion downloads. It is by far one of the most convenient IM apps and is used by millions of individuals every day. Using this App, you can chat with pretty much anyone who has WhatsApp and the messages are delivered instantly. Now the app also supports free voice and video calling. On the whole, if you’re looking for a good Instant Messaging app to be in touch with all your friends, WhatsApp is the way to go.
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Viber
Viber is a lot like WhatsApp, it gained popularity for being one of the first IM apps to offer free voice calling. This App has a good interface and features like celebrity chats, stickers and emoticons. Viber currently boasts more than 660 million active users. The App also features games, the ability to delete messages after they have been sent, and it can be used on PC as well.
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Kik
Like WhatsApp, Kik has become an insanely popular IM app for users around the World. It doesn’t depend on phone numbers for contacts and you can add people via usernames and create groups with up to 50 people. Apart from sending text messages, you can also share images and even GIFs. If you want an Instant Messaging App that’s fun to use, KiK is the best bet. The best thing about Kik is that users can easily find Kik for PC.
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LINE
LINE is another popular IM app in the world with over 100 million downloads. The app has some really cool stickers and emojis. It also has the option to view newsfeed to find out what your friends have been up to.
You can also make fun movies and add friends via NFC. In terms of features, LINE is quite simple. You can share photos and videos with your contacts.
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WeChat
WeChat is another popular IM App with over 100 million downloads. It offers standard text messaging and group messaging along with photo sharing, stickers, and emojis like other IM Apps. It swanks features such as ‘Moments’ which allows users to share their favourite memories with photos and videos. It also offers voice calls and video calls for free to other WeChat users. You can play games and also scan your surroundings for people using WeChat using the Friend Radar feature. It is also certified by TRUSTe, which is great for people concerned about privacy when using Instant Messaging apps.