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This is an alphabetic list of defunct instant messaging platforms, showing the name, when it was discontinued and the type of client. AOL Instant Messenger, 1997–2017;
Threema uses a user ID, created after the initial app launch by a random generator, instead of requiring a linked email address or phone number to send messages. It is possible to find other users by phone number or email address if the user allows the app to synchronize their address book. [11]
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an American instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. [13] It allows users to send text, voice messages and video messages, [14] make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
On secondary desktop devices only (phone required to sync messages) [179] No WhatsApp: On secondary desktop devices only (phone required to sync messages; 4 linked devices) Phone must not be offline for ≥ 14 days; message history limited to 3 months. Unsupported on iPad, iPod Touch. [180] Yes Yes Yes No No Wire: Yes [181] No No No Client
As of March 2022, the most used instant messaging apps and services worldwide include: Signal with 100 million, Line with 217 million, Viber with 260 million, Telegram with 700 million, WeChat with 1.2 billion, Facebook Messenger with 1.3 billion, and WhatsApp with 2.0 billion users. [87]
The Flip2 does just about everything right, from control buttons with actual text labels (instead of confusing icons) to Alexa-powered text messaging (which solves a major flip-phone problem).
Signal's app icon may be changed with a variety of colour themes for customization and to hide the app. The application name can also be customized. [130] Messages can have effects like spoilers and italics, and users can add each other via QR code. [131] Signal excludes users' messages from non-encrypted cloud backups by default. [132]
In September 2015, G Data Software launched a new messaging app called Secure Chat which used the Signal Protocol. [34] [35] G Data discontinued the service in May 2018. [36] In September 2016, Google launched a new messaging app called Allo, which featured an optional "incognito mode" that used the Signal Protocol for end-to-end encryption.