After subscribing to 'KakaoTalk Wallet', users purchase Emoticon Plus through the wallet platform rather than through in-app payment. 'Emoticon Plus' is a service that allows unlimited use of Kakao's selected collection of emoticons for ₩3,900 per month.

On January 13, 2021, KakaoTalk released an emoticon monthly fixed-rate service. Users can also purchase real-life goods through the messenger's 'Gifting' platform. Through the 'Plus Friend' feature, users can follow brands, media and celebrities to receive exclusive messages, coupons and other real-time information through KakaoTalk chatrooms. KakaoTalk began as a messenger service but has become a platform for the distribution of various third-party content and apps, including hundreds of games, which users can download and play with their friends through the messaging platform. The KakaoTalk service also allows its users to export their messages and save them. Users can also search for friends by KakaoTalk ID without having to know their phone numbers. The app automatically synchronizes the user's contact list on their smartphones with the contact list on the app to find friends who are on the service. It allows the user to synchronize contact lists to connect to friends who also use the service, among other options that provide this service. Users are able to create one-on-one conversations, as well as group chats with no limit on users. Like most of its type, the user is able to share photos, videos, voice messages, locations, webpage links, and contact information. KakaoTalk provides free calling and messaging services. Īfter the COVID-19 pandemic, it has further grown in prominence after becoming widely used as a tool to combat COVID-19, in cooperation with the South Korean government. The app is also used by 93% of smartphone owners in South Korea, where it is the most widely used messaging app for smart phones and personal computers. It was launched on March 18, 2010, and it is available on mobile and desktop platforms.Īs of August 2022, KakaoTalk had 53 million monthly active users, 47 million inside Korea. KakaoTalk ( Hangul: 카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk ( Hangul: 카톡) in South Korea, is a mobile messaging app for smartphones operated by Kakao Corporation. Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish

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