Instead, I spend most of my time using Apple’s iMessage, FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. I frequently travel and communicate with international friends and KakaoTalk sadly has no use for me. While it doesn’t necessarily do anything better than other instant messaging apps, you’re guaranteed to find other Koreans using it. If you’re living in Korea or have Korean friends abroad, you’ll find KakaoTalk to be indispensable. Even the word ‘Kakao’ has become synonymous with chatting in Korean. KakaoTalk’s explosive growth and success derives from Korea’s quick adaptation to smartphones. It features a phone number based ID system where your contact list is automatically compared to existing Kakao users and matches are determined to be ‘friends’. The app developers admitted to have been inspired by WhatsApp of the US but they’ve gone on to expand the design.
It’s available for free on Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry phones. Korea’s KakaoTalk is a free multi-platform instant messaging app with over 70 million users (mostly in Korea).
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