WhatsApp is the world's most popular messenger. recently whatsapp is taken by Facebook.The cross platform messaging service has over 500 million monthly active users. The company claims that its servers deliver more than 10 billion messages each day! This should give you an idea about just how popular this app is. So when WhatsApp went missing from Windows Phone Store, it was a huge blow for Microsoft. All its Windows Phone 8 devices that had started gaining some traction in the market are now not even considered by most buyers. Since Microsoft is taking its own sweet time to fix the issue, users are returning their newly purchased WP handsets in favour of Android. If you too are annoyed by the lack of WhatsApp on your device, but not willing to give-up on your Lumia yet, here are a few alternatives you should try out.
We Chat
WeChat is the closest you get to WhatsApp on Windows Phone. The app offers free texting, voice messages, and video calls. The Chinese messaging client has over 300 million users. You can chat with your friends, create groups, and even send animated smileys. The app supports push notifications on Windows Phone. The developer has recently added a location sharing feature to the app.Sounds creepy, but majority of users find it useful.
Messenger
If there's a place to find all your WhatsApp buddies, it has got to be Facebook. The Messenger app is a standalone client to chat with your Facebook contacts. You can get all your FB messages without having to open the social networking website. It supports emoticons, new stickers, and photo sharing. You can even start group conversations, just like WhatsApp. To let your friends know your whereabouts, the app comes with location sharing.
Telegram Messenger
Telegram Messenger is the best Telegram client for Windows Phone. The app is so well designed that Telegram has plans to promote it as an official WP client. With Telegram, you can create group chats with up to 200 people so you can stay connected with everyone at once. Plus, you can share videos up to 1 GB, send multiple photos from the web, and forward any media you receive. What separates it from the crowd is the focus on security. Telegram offers secret Chats with an option to select the level of encryption. You can program the messages to self destruct from both devices so there is never any record of it.
Viber
Here's another feature packed app that lets you text and share files on-the-go. Similar to Skype, Viber offers free calls to your online friends and cheap call-rates for landline numbers. In Viber, phone number is your ID. The app syncs with your mobile contact and detects which of your contacts have Viber. You can also make groups with up to 100 friends. With push-notifications in place, you won't miss a call or message, even when the application is not open.
GroupMe
GroupMe was acquired by Skype in 2011. Later, when Microsoft picked-up Skype, they automatically got the ownership of GroupMe. As its name suggests, the app is all about group messaging. It's a well designed app that supports push notifications and live tile updates. It's fast, reliable, and supports our favourite GIFs. You can be a part of the conversation from web too - just go to app.groupme.com. On the flipside, the app is not ideal for one-to-one chatting. Overall, it's quite an interesting app with a lot of potential. Microsoft should fuse GroupMe with Skype to get back in the messenger game, but right now the software giant is not paying much attention to it.
Line messenger
Today LINE is one of the most popular beautifully designed instant messaging and calling app available for iOS Android, tablet, and desktop users. It took only nine months for LINE to overcome 30 million registered users milestone. At the time of writing this article LINE has already 36 million users worldwide and is recognized as being a "Fast and Light" messenger that is considered as the "The Number 1 Free App" in many countries, especially in South East Asia. LINE app allows group chatting with up to 100 people at once, sending photo video files as well as location info, making free voice calls both on Wi-Fi and cellular network. But one of the greatest values in LINE is its 250+ expressive sticker and emotions collection which make chatting even more exciting and fun.
Hike Messenger
When hike was launched their goals was to connect you with all your friends, whether or not they had a smartphone or an internet data connection. To enable this, they went beyond what any messaging app had done, and gave you free SMS to message even those who weren't on hike (or were temporarily unavailable; as is the case in bad data network areas). They have seen this feature become very popular, and unlike other apps, on hike you can chat for free with anyone, whether they own the latest iPhone with 3G or even a Nokia 3310 with, well… no internet. It’s perfect for a market like India, where more than 80% of all mobile users don’t even have a smartphone with internet.
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