Facebook some time ago decided to make a strong investment with the purchase of WhatsApp, thus becoming the instant messaging application with the largest number of users worldwide and without a doubt the most popular. At first it did not carry out a union of both applications, as thought or try to find a benefit to the popular social network.
However, for a few weeks WhatsApp has requested authorization from its users to share data with Facebook. This for days has become an obligation to continue using the instant messaging application. As we are not very to go through the hoop and above all we do not want our private data to be shared between applications, today we are going to show you 7 alternatives to WhatsApp equally good or even better than the popular application.
It is difficult to know how this matter will end and it is that WhatsApp could lose hundreds of thousands of users if it remains determined to share, yes or yes, the private data of users with Facebook, without also explaining very well what they are going to do with them. In my case, I do not intend to give permission to anyone to share my personal data, without knowing what they are going to do with them or how they are going to be used, so they have already decided to start using one or more other instant messaging applications. If like me you have made this decision, here are a few alternatives to WhatsApp.
Telegram
One of the few alternatives to WhatsApp that has the support of users, which continues to grow over time, is Telegram. And is that this instant messaging application has been able to offer users exactly what they needed, without getting entangled in shady or strange matters.
If we had to stand out from Telegram it is undoubtedly the security offered to the user and the speed. In addition, the possibility of sending photographs without reducing their quality, the stickers or the gifts and above all the possibility of carrying out secret chats with other users, where all the information is encrypted and also self-destructs after a time that we can control our taste.
If you have not tried Telegram yet, you are wasting your time and after you do, you may not remember what WhatsApp is or its benefits.
Line
Practically since WhatsApp is available in the market it is too Line. Its success in some countries is comparable to that of the Facebook-owned instant messaging application, although in others it goes completely unnoticed.
Of Line we could say that It is an interesting alternative, with a slightly different interface, functions and options, with a very Asian touch. Among its advantages is the possibility of making VoIP calls or enjoying the service through a computer thanks to its PC version.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that Line offers us some advantages and interesting features, in Spain for example its use is very limited, which will mean that for many users it is not a real alternative to WhatsApp unless they convince friends and family to Let them start using it right now.
Signal
One of the aspects that hardly convinces us about WhatsApp is the privacy it offers us and especially in recent days what it does with our private data. If your concern is high, a great alternative can be Signal, which has the approval of Edward Snowden.
Among the advantages offered by this highly secure instant messaging application are the encryption of all messages, the possibility of blocking some messages with a password or blocking screenshots.
Besides Signal too allows you to make voice calls, as happens in many other applications of this type, although with the interesting peculiarity that their sound is also encrypted, as is the case with all messages.
Hangouts
Although in recent times Google is trying to stand out within the competitive market for instant messaging applications with Google Allo, it already has an excellent application of this type available today; Hangouts.
Perhaps we have not been able to appreciate how it deserved this service from the search giant, which offers us the possibility to send and receive messages, but also to make voice calls and also video calls, with excellent quality in both cases. However, its success has not been as expected despite the fact that it can be used on practically all mobile platforms and also in its desktop version.
Google will try again with Google AlloAlthough maybe you should consider boosting Hangouts again, because without a doubt it is one of the best instant messaging applications on the market and a real alternative to the always powerful WhatsApp.
Skype or Whatsapp
One of the most classic and popular instant messaging applications is Skype or Whatsapp, which unfortunately over the years has been losing prominence. However, today it can still be an interesting alternative to WhatsApp and that many users use in their daily lives.
Its main virtue is enormous quality it offers when making video calls, which many put at the height of any normal call, and the possibility of sending and receiving messages.
Today it has a large number of users, at the business level and from its computer version, although its use on mobile devices is also widely used.
Maybe the instant messaging application is not too familiar to you WeChat but currently has more than 600 million active users worldwide. It is true that in Spain and many other countries it has not yet become widely known, but with the huge number of users it has, we could not miss the opportunity to include it in this list of alternatives to WhatsApp.
In view of its characteristics, the success is more than justified and is that like many others allows you to send and receive messages, but also make video calls with a fairly high quality and also make use of the application through one of the many versions available. As a final culmination, it is certified by Trust, something that many users appreciate.
The time in many countries has not come for WeChat, but perhaps the drawbacks of WhatsApp will soon make it a global success and we will start using it in any corner.
BlackBerry Messenger
Before WhatsApp existed, many users already had an instant messaging application on our BlackBerry devices. As you surely know we are talking about BlackBerry Messenger that not too long ago was a service used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Today, the crisis in which BlackBerry lives and its limited presence in the market is not lost on anyone, but that has not made the BBM disappear from our lives.
The Canadian company has tried to promote this service, more than known to almost everyone, launched versions not only for BlackBerry devices, but also for iOS and Android where they have achieved little success.
BlackBerry Messenger is a more than interesting instant messaging application, which, as happened to BlackBerry, was believed to be able to survive everything or almost everything without innovating at all. Now he is trying to find himself again and it seems that he is succeeding, for now they have already taken a good step with the BBM, which is an alternative to WhatsApp for many users.
Opinion freely
Nowadays There are many alternatives to WhatsApp on the market and one of the most varied. However, the problem does not lie in finding an alternative that works well and offers us the same options and functions as the Facebook-owned application, but rather in finding one in which all our friends, acquaintances or relatives are.
In my case days ago I decided to leave WhatsApp, with great sadness and nostalgia, to make the move to Telegram. I have no complaints about the operation of WhatsApp, although I am not willing to have my private and personal data traded, as the most popular messaging application in the world wants to do. Like me, there are surely many others, who will lose contact with some people, but who will have their data safely.
Taking the step from WhatsApp to another instant messaging application is not at all traumatic as many believe And there are more and more alternatives of a higher quality and even better than WhatsApp and more and more users are using several messaging applications simultaneously, so little by little those problems of only finding some people in the service owned by Facebook.
What is the best alternative to WhatsApp for you?.
I chose viber because here in Latin America it has many followers,