The most popular instant messenger in the world from ex-Yahoo! employees, with over 450 million user base, and the main enemy of cellular operators, because of which all reasonable phone and smartphone owners will soon completely forget about SMS. Since 2009, it has been successfully helping its users send text messages, as well as videos, pictures, and audio. At the same time, WhatsApp developers, unlike competitors, focused specifically on messages, refusing to support audio and video calls, which gave them the opportunity to bring their functionality almost to the ideal. However, after the recent purchase of WhatsApp by Zuckerberg, it became known that voice calls may appear in the application.
iPhone owners can think about iMessage as much as they like, which allows you to send messages and any files no less painlessly for the budget, but everyone has enough friends using Android and other platforms.
Free basic features
Synchronization
with phone book
Stickers
PROS
MINUSES
The app is free for the first year only, after which you will have to pay $0.99. Although those who bought the app a long time ago for $0.99 were the first to buy the app, they now have a lifetime subscription.
iPad not supported.
WhatsApp cannot make calls over the Internet - all calls are made exclusively through your mobile operator.
facebook messenger
Facebook recently bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, but Zuckerberg continues to slowly develop his messenger. By getting rid of an annoying competitor that easily pocketed Eastern and South American audiences in just a few years, he bought time to further improve his application. But, in our opinion, Facebook Messenger is already pretty good, and its only drawback is that it focuses exclusively on Facebook users. Until Zuckerberg resolves this issue, the road to the big world of instant messengers is closed to the application.
FREE MAIN FEATURES
NO ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
SYNCHRONIZATION
WITH PHONEBOOK
HIGH PROBABILITY TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS
POSSIBILITY TO SEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF FILES
STICKERS
PROS
Well synchronized with Facebook - when you receive a message, you go to Messenger, but you can also move back to the Facebook feed. But if all this was combined in one application, it would be much more convenient.
The stickers here are extremely diverse. Actually, just sharing these funny emoji can be done endlessly.
Minimalist functionality is just a messenger, nothing more.
MINUSES
The main disadvantage of the messenger is that it is available only to Facebook users. In fact, this is a plus, but this automatically removes it from the list of universal messengers available to absolutely everyone.
line
A Japanese messenger with a standard set of functions for sending messages and files, which is both a gaming platform and a mini-social network. In addition to, in fact, the basic functionality of a regular messenger, Line allows users to share their statuses and comment on others - in general, do the same as in other social networks. A long time ago, the main difference of this application was funny stickers with funny cartoons, which became one of the founders of emoji fashion, but now you will not surprise anyone with this.
FREE MAIN FEATURES
NO ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
SYNCHRONIZATION
WITH PHONEBOOK
HIGH PROBABILITY TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS
POSSIBILITY TO SEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF FILES
STICKERS
PROS
The main difference of this application is funny stickers, reminiscent of emoticons from Facebook and, in fact, much inferior to them.
A large list of games that you can play together with a chat partner. But who really plays them is not clear.
Line maintains official celebrity accounts, although there are not very many of them so far - we managed to find only Katy Perry and Paul McCartney.
MINUSES
Even after syncing with your phone book, you will see a miserable list of three friends in the application.
Most of the stickers and other additional pleasures are paid separately - 66 rubles apiece.
Viber
The second most popular messenger after WhatsApp, differing from it only in the presence of audio calls, a smaller user base and less sophisticated design. In the end, if you like to communicate through instant messengers and are guided in their choice primarily by friends, then Viber should definitely appear on your phone: it is used by that part of your friends who ignored WhatsApp.
FREE MAIN FEATURES
NO ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
SYNCHRONIZATION
WITH PHONEBOOK
HIGH PROBABILITY TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS
POSSIBILITY TO SEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF FILES
STICKERS
PROS
With Viber, you can call even those users who do not have it installed. This service is called Viber Out and costs money - prices can be found in Viber itself. Given the Internet charges, this will not cost you much less than regular calls.
MINUSES
Due to its Israeli origins, Viber is suspected by the Egyptian and Lebanese authorities of supporting Zionist spies. Therefore, before traveling to Lebanon, it is better to install another messenger for insurance.
Telegram
The youngest, but at the same time one of the most promising representatives of the messenger family, created in 2013 by Pavel Durov's company Digital Fortress. On the very first day of launch, the entire Internet accused the creators of 100% WhatsApp plagiarism (they even have similar dialog backgrounds!) And many other mistakes, and at the same time once again reminded Durov of the similarities between VKontakte and Facebook. Meanwhile, this messenger has a number of undeniable advantages, such as high download speed of everything, good information protection and other pleasant things. According to Durov, Telegram, as we see it now, is just an intermediate product that, after proper testing, can become completely different, and the visual similarity with its older brother is just a starting point. At the same time, the lack of a Russian interface, which all schoolchildren still complain about, quite clearly hints at grandiose plans to capture the world market.
FREE MAIN FEATURES
NO ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
SYNCHRONIZATION
WITH PHONEBOOK
HIGH PROBABILITY TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS
POSSIBILITY TO SEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF FILES
STICKERS
PROS
Instead of the usual stickers for competitors, there is a search for pictures all over the Internet, that is, instead of a paid picture with a dancing walrus from a limited set of applications, you can attach a photo of absolutely any walrus from the Internet, or even a hippopotamus, to the message.
There is completely no integration with VKontakte, and this is a plus at least because even if VKontakte is closed or Durov himself leaves from there, the messenger will remain afloat.
To the delight of Android fans, Durov perceives this platform as the main one for this application.
MINUSES
Unfortunately for iOS fans, Durov is taking Android as the main platform for this app.
snapchat
Messenger of the future with self-destructing information and just the perfect communication app that erases all your messages after a maximum of ten seconds after reading. The most interesting thing is that each text must be accompanied by a photo or video taken in real time. With these unusual and uncomfortable rules, Snapchat most of all resembles the real interaction of people, and not the pre-prepared monologues that we are used to when chatting on social networks and other instant messengers. After all, everything you say in a normal conversation is not recorded on the hard drive and after a while disappears forever. To experience these unprecedented sensations, you just need to register, take a picture, apply unpretentious text over it, set the destruction timer from one to ten seconds and send the resulting message to one of your friends.
FREE MAIN FEATURES
A popular anonymous text chat where you can chat with a randomly selected interlocutor. Simplicity is everywhere here: light design and clear functionality, nothing distracts when communicating. You can chat without registering, but it is also possible to create an account on this anonymous social network.
Although there are a lot of different video chats around using a webcam and a microphone, this one text chat does not lose its popularity.
Text anonymous chat
If you try to communicate in the text chat Somebody, then before starting the chat you will need to determine your gender, age, as well as set preferences for the interlocutor (shown in the figure below). After these simple settings, you can start anonymous text chat. The system will connect you with a random stranger (or stranger) and you can chat. In addition, emoticons are available.
Voice chat
In addition to text chat, the Nekto Me website also has voice chat, which makes it possible to communicate on the same principle as text only through a microphone. Of course, hearing the interlocutor is already more pleasant, but seeing him without discussion is even better. Therefore, we recommend that you try the video chat, which is located on the page at the top.
In addition to chat, Somebody has additional services: radio, celebrities, blog posts. Users communicate here mainly from the CIS countries, especially a lot of users from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. This anonymous social network is constantly updated with new users, and the functionality becomes more extensive over time.
We wish you good mood and pleasant communication!
If you suddenly feel lonely, find it difficult to find an interlocutor, or you do not want to communicate with your friends, then you should probably try anonymous online chats. In such chats there are always people, in some you will not even have a clue who you are talking to. Perhaps this is what you need. Recently, there have been quite a few such chats.
The first and I think the most famous of them is Chatroulette. This is more of a video chat, although chatting without a camera is also possible there. You are thrown to a random interlocutor and if you like him, you just have to write something. Otherwise, after a few seconds you will be thrown to another interlocutor. There is a built-in graphics editor so that you can communicate there not only by typing letters, but also by drawing.
As for the audience, it is very extensive, so to fully use this service, you need to know at least a little English. However, you can use the analogue - Videochatru, with a predominantly Russian-speaking audience.
Talk to me - chat without registration, all you need is to follow the link and click on one button and you will have an interlocutor. Nothing more, just communication. At the time of my writing this post, there were 111 users online.
Chat for two - in principle, it is very similar to the previous one, except for the colorful design and the ability to customize it. When I entered there were more than 3 thousand users.
And finally - 24open. Anonymous chat with the ability to choose interlocutors by gender and age. There are cool statuses that reflect your mood. To enter, you must specify a nickname and choose with whom you want to talk. By clicking the "Start chatting" button, you still have to register.
Communication on the Internet is an invariable component of the life of any modern person. At the same time, online communication has some unique properties that live communication cannot boast of. These include:
- anonymity - no one can reveal himself anywhere as much as it is possible to do on the Internet. At the same time, the user himself determines how ready he is to reveal himself to this or that interlocutor, which of his character traits he would like to show and which to hide, and, importantly, the person himself regulates the duration of his communication, devoting exactly as much time to him as he can afford;
- a huge audience of potential interlocutors. Only through the Internet it is possible to communicate with people whom a person has never seen before, and perhaps never will see;
- the opportunity to find not only close friends, but also a life partner, if you're lucky.
In our article, we will talk about existing programs for communicating on the Internet, discuss their main differences from each other and the benefits for the user. In addition, we will give you some tips on how to more organically join the Internet crowd in order to avoid discomfort and create an interesting social circle for you.
Programs for communication on the Internet
Programs for communication on the Internet today are quite diverse. Some by modern standards are already considered a little outdated, but still hold their positions. E-mail is one of such programs, with the help of which communication over the Internet was originally organized. By logging into your mailbox on the selected service, you can read and write letters. Examples of such services are mail.ru, hotmail, yahoo.com and other mail sites.
Of course, mail is great, but in the beginning it is logical to find those to whom you can write letters. Traditionally, forums and chats are considered convenient for finding new acquaintances, where you can organize a discussion on a topic of interest to you, make inquiries on topics of interest to you, receive answers to your questions and, ultimately, form a certain circle of communication, the unifying factor for which will be common professional or personal interests.
Forums can be highly specialized (for example, a forum about computing and digital technology) or general topics, where a variety of topics are covered that are of interest to a specific target audience. There are also universal forums where you can just chat with people “about nothing”.
A more dynamic program for communicating over the Internet is chat rooms like ICQ, Skype and others. There are thematic and general chats. It is in chats that you need to be active and quickly respond to ongoing events! Probably, one of the most common chat programs today is ICQ - ICQ, and this is quite understandable: the program allows you to quickly and easily communicate with online users. At the same time, the program does not load PC resources and takes up a minimum of space on the monitor. With this program you can send files, links to pages, SMS.
Some useful tips for beginners of the chat life:
- Always say hello when you arrive and say goodbye when you leave. This is an elementary rule of courtesy, do not neglect it.
- Try to choose chat rooms with fewer visitors, then it is more likely that you will be able to find interesting interlocutors for you, with whom it will be easier to communicate in the future in real life.
- Avoid big caps! In chats, this is considered a sign of bad taste, since it means screaming, and screamers are not liked.
- Add emoticons to your phrases, especially if this is the only way to determine your true attitude to what is written.
- Do not complex before wedged into someone else's conversation. The whole point of chats is that if the conversation takes place in an open mode, the interlocutor can join it at any time. However, intervene as tactfully as possible, do not start communication with accusations or disputes.
Of course, sooner or later you will face the question, what next? Limit yourself to written communication or meet live with interesting interlocutors? You decide! Most chat rooms traditionally gather in certain places where people can chat with each other live and make new friends.
Social networks for communication
Now we invite you to talk about such a modern phenomenon as "social networks for communication." There are a myriad of them!
The most popular service for communication around the world at the moment is "WhatsApp". The program is installed on any mobile device and is suitable for any operating system, "WhatsApp" can be used by Apple fans, BlackBerry lovers, and owners of Windows Phone smartphones. The essence of the program is that it searches for all users known to it by phone numbers, with its help you can send text messages to these users for free during the first year of using the application, and starting from the second year, pay $ 1 per year for this service. In addition to text correspondence, using this service, you can exchange photo, video and audio files.
A similar "WhatsApp" program that uses its number as a subscriber's identifier is "Viber". In addition to these functions, the program makes voice calls. And unlike its main competitor, this program is free.
The ChompSMS/Textra program has been specially developed for the Android platform. This program sends a message to any number bypassing the network of the mobile operator, but not for free, but in accordance with the rates on the official website.
Naturally, we could not ignore the world giant - "Facebook Messenger"! This program allows you to exchange text messages with your Facebook friends without going to the site of this network, as well as view the news feed and notifications. In addition to text messages, you can also send voice messages, but only if you are in a Wi-Fi zone.
The developer of the most famous social network in the vastness of our country, Vkontakte, Pavel Durov, created the Telegram messenger, which is essentially similar to WhatsApp. One feature - sent messages can be prevented from being forwarded to anyone else and the program can be configured so that they self-destruct after a while. Registration is carried out by phone number.
Surely we will not be mistaken if we say that the main purpose of using social networks is to communicate with the opposite sex on a variety of topics. And indeed, communication with a girl on the Internet is easier and easier for those who find it difficult to overcome their shyness and begin to freely communicate with a person immediately after seeing him for the first time in his life. In this context, social networks play the role of a kind of "bringer" - when people communicate with each other for some time, get used to the style of communication, and subsequently it is easier for them to interact in reality. However, do not forget that not a single, even the most advanced chat or forum, can replace a sincere conversation face to face in the company of a pleasant interlocutor. So get acquainted, communicate, find new friends and be sure to meet! We wish you good luck!
Chat for two is a unique service that gives you the opportunity to meet new people. Everything is as simple as in other services for sending instant messages: you write a message to the interlocutor, and it immediately appears on his screen.
This is a great choice if you don't want to sit on ICQ and message random people (who will be surprised and start asking you a bunch of questions or immediately put you on the ignore list). Also here you will move away from the standard templates and boring conversations that are terribly annoying on social networks.
5 benefits of chat:
- Ease of use - there are not a bunch of buttons with some settings. There is a window for entering messages, a button for sending a message and for disconnecting from the conversation. The program searches for an interlocutor automatically after clicking on the “start chat” button.
- Privacy - no one will find your contact information. You can specify a neutral nickname and feel free to chat with anyone. If you want to continue communication in another place, you can exchange contacts.
- Security - you do not need to install the program on your PC. In addition, there is no spam here, and the site is under reliable protection against viruses. Therefore, we guarantee the safety of your computer.
- Device Compatibility - Chat on any device: computer, phone, tablet, etc. You can chat while traveling on the train or while doing projects at the coffee shop if you get bored. Chat together is ideally compatible with all modern devices and operating systems.
- Speed - a chat together quickly searches for an interlocutor, and messages are sent instantly. The absence of delays is guaranteed by the administration.
Find a companion right now!
You do not need to register and wait for the approval of the application. Just click on the "start chat" button and you will find the interlocutor in a few seconds.
