Zalo

Try Zalo, a service that is halfway between a VoIP for making calls, an instant messaging service, and a social network, as it includes a personal timeline.

A new video calling and messaging service

Although the instant messaging and chatting app for mobile is undoubtedly WhatsApp, there are a good handful of alternatives that we can resort to: Telegram, LINE, imo, Facebook Messenger... and among all of these we can also find Zalo.

Instant messaging, video and voice calls, and a personal timeline

Zalo is a chat app that will allow us to go beyond instant messaging to communicate with our contacts, since it was designed from the start with the VoIP protocol in mind. So, in addition to text messages, we can also talk through voice and video calls, representing an alternative to other providers such as Viber or Skype in this field. In addition, users have the possibility of turning their profile into their own social network, with a section dedicated to where they can post and share stories, links or even their own blog posts.

With a simply designed interface, it takes no more than a minute to set up a profile and communicate with all contacts in the address book who use the app. Here are its main features:

• Send text messages with support for voice messages, stickers, images, videos, files...
• VoIP protocol for 1-to-1 and group calls and video calls.
• Timeline to share content such as images, videos, links, personal blogs...
• Complete control over friend requests, receiving messages and calls from other users or the privacy of content published on personal timeline.
• Integration with other social networks such as Facebook.

There is no doubt that this is a very good chat app for Android, but with a disadvantage that you share with other apps of this type: perhaps the vast majority of your contacts who have WhatsApp will not dare to take the plunge use.

What's new in the latest version?

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.
• The app offers in-app purchases.