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KakaoTalk (Korean: 카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean: 카톡) in South Korea, is an instant messenger and online services platform operated by Kakao Corporation. It was launched in 2010 and the app is available on mobile and desktop platforms.
KakaoGroup operates alongside Kakao's public messaging service, KakaoTalk, allowing users to sync their messages between the two. The app is available for both iOS and Android mobile phones and can also be accessed through the KakaoGroup website. In addition to group messaging, KakaoGroup offers media sharing to private groups, a group-specific ...
Kakao Corp is the company behind KakaoTalk, which serves as its main platform and flagship application. It was founded in 2006 by Kim Bum-soo, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (the organization that emerged from the Hangame and Naver.com merger) as Kakao Inc. [10] Kakao Corp. (then known as Kakao Inc.) is based in Seoul, South Korea.
The article by The Next Web says that KakaoTalk's mobile VoIP call quality is on par with services like Skype and Viber. [2] KakaoTalk's Free Call offers its users a voice filter option. Using the voice filter option, users can call friends in two different types of voices, alien voice and monster voice.
KakaoMusic (Korean: 카카오뮤직) was a music streaming service launched by Kakao.It lets users stream and buy music while also allowing them to share songs and connect with friends through KakaoTalk.
The most well notable social media in South Korea are, KakaoTalk, Naver, Cyworld, and Snow KakaoTalk is a social media messenger application. According to science direct it “is the most widely used IM application in South Korea with over 49.1 million active users” (2019, Digital Investigation).
KakaoTalk: No No No No Kik Messenger: Email No No No No Line: Phone number No No No No Linphone: No Yes No No Yes Yes Mattermost: No Yes No Messages (Apple) Email; Apple ID account Yes No — [clarification needed] — [clarification needed] Messenger: Email or Phone number; Facebook account Yes No No No Movim: No No Yes Yes Mumble: no Yes Yes ...
On November 6, 2015, Kakao launched the "KakaoTV Live Open Chat" function which links KakaoTV's live broadcasts and Kakao Talk's open chat, allowing viewers to chat while streaming a program. [ 3 ] On February 18, 2017, Daum tvPot was integrated with KakaoTV. [ 4 ]