![]() It’s like Skype in reverse: start as a messenger, build into VOIP. The best part? You can make calls through it, as it now has VOIP built in. It’s bright, relatively fast, it has hilarious stickers and the app is chock full of features. The stickers in Line are so popular they’ve spawned a theme park in Taiwan.ĭaniel’s take - Although it’s not big in the US or Western markets, LINE is admittedly a lot of fun. FB Messenger has some good stickers, but Line has the slight edge in quality and quantity. Line’s stickers that you can send in chats is over the top – in the best possible way. Line on Windows Phone has your Live tile, push notifications, voice call support and more. However Line does have an app on Windows 8 that you can sign in. However like WhatsApp, Line is limited to a single-device only for smartphones. You can place voice and video calls through the service. Like Skype, Line isn’t limited to just messaging. It features over 370 million users around the globe. Line is big in Japan and slowly expanding outward to take over other markets. Bonus: video and voice calls with good quality have always been there too.ĭownload Skype from the Windows Phone Store. Once they overhaul the Skype backend for a modern world it’ll be killer. Accessing Skype on my PC, Xbox One, or browser makes it a killer service and the one messaging platform I use daily. Skype is everywhere though, which is a big advantage for it. It has been pretty terrible for mobile messaging, but it’s getting better. With the recent message-syncing fix, the app is becoming more suited for general messaging, but it’s still miles away from becoming a WhatsApp or a GroupMe. In today’s world, it’s all about mobile, and the network behind Skype needs to be rejiggered before it can fully adapt. It’s not Microsoft’s fault, as Skype was built to make VOIP calls from PC to PC. That’s a big advantage compared to some other messaging services.ĭaniel’s take - Skype is terrible as a messenger, but it’s getting better. You can Skype on nearly any device imaginable and be signed in at multiple locations. Skype totally kicks ass when you consider how ubiquitous it is. You have a Live tile, notifications and more. The Windows Phone app offers up what you’d expect in a messaging app. The app fundamentally isn’t bad, it’s just every now and then we hear you guys not getting notifications or updated Live tiles. Skype on Windows Phone wasn’t the best, but it’s slowly getting better. The Skype team is working hard to architect their backend services to make Skype a modern messaging platform. However, Skype was never designed for a mobile world and as such miss the transition to smartphones. ![]() Skype is service that at one point seemed destined to be the default messaging platform for the future. I’m just not as productive with a service I can only get on my phone and not my PC or tablet.ĭownload WhatsApp from the Windows Phone Store. The app is really good and getting better every week. Which is why the best way to get his attention is email or through a messaging app. He switches phones so often that it’s hard to know which number he’s actually using. ![]() Sam’s take - Honestly I didn’t start using WhatsApp seriously until a few months back. With new features coming out of beta, and a renewed focus on ‘Groups’, WhatsApp has a lot of room to grow on a solid platform. It’s short, simple and to the point and for now, it’s my go to messenger. The Windows Phone app, with Nokia’s assistance, has gradually made it very reliable. It’s especially popular in Western markets, with more people using it than any other network. WhatsApp is free for the first year, but then $0.99 per year after that.ĭaniel’s take - WhatsApp wasn’t much of an app in 2012, but in 2014 it’s the messenger to beat. The fact that you can only be signed into one session of WhatsApp on a single smartphone is a big disadvantage for a messaging service. WhatsApp on Windows Phone brings push notifications, Live tile support and a nice UI to the mix. It’s not quite at the same level as the iOS and Android apps, but it’s getting closer. They didn’t always have a great Windows Phone app, but this past year they’ve kicked it up another notch. Will there be a bigger success story in 2014 than what recently happened to the team at WhatsApp? Facebook bought the popular messaging platform for $19 billion.
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