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It brings you instant connection, fun short-form content, and smart AI features—anytime, anywhere. Enjoy meaningful one-on-one and group conversations with friends, family, and colleagues, and discover new communities you're interested in via Open Chat. You can also share photos, videos, and files in just a tap!\n \n■ Chat made easier, experience made better\nKeep your chats organized with folders, and easily edit or delete messages you’ve sent. Keep discussions on track with the new Threads feature, so every topic stays clear and easy to follow.\n  \n■ Voice Talk & Face Talk with screen sharing\nHop on a group Voice Talk or Face Talk with up to 10 people. During a call, you can switch to Face Talk or share your screen. Make your Face Talk more fun with various screen effects.\n \n■ See trends at a glance in Open Chat communities\nDiscover real-time trends in Open Chat communities without entering a chat room. Choose a topic of interest and dive straight into the conversation.\n \n■ Your profile with extra dimensionality\nYour profile is your own space to showcase your interests and tastes. Feel free to set your profile visibility by chat room.\n \nKakaoTalk may request access permissions to deliver its full range of features. You can still use the app without granting optional permissions, though some functions may be limited. \n \n[Optional permissions]\n - Location Services: For searching and sharing location information\n - Contacts: For adding friends, and sending contacts and profiles\n - Photos: For sending and saving photos, videos, and files\n - Bluetooth: For connecting to wireless audio devices\n - Microphone: For Voice Talk, Face Talk, voice messages, and recording\n - Speech Recognition: For speech-to-text transcriptions\n - Camera: For Face Talk, capturing photos/videos, and scanning QR codes and card numbers\n - Notifications: For receiving various alerts and message notifications\n - Face ID: Biometric authentication for in-app security verification\n - Siri: Access to read or write chat messages through Siri\n \n* “KakaoTalk,” “Info Talk,” “Open Chat,” “Face Talk,” etc., are registered trademarks (®) and trademarks (™) of Kakao Corp. ® and ™ symbols are omitted in the app.\n \n[KakaoTalk on social]\n - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kakao.today \n - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kakaobrandmedia\n \n[Kakao Customer Service] \nhttps://cs.kakao.com/helps?service=8","facts":{"developer_id":362057950,"developer_url":"https://www.kakaocorp.com/page/service/service/KakaoTalk","first_released":"2010-03-18T10:14:33Z","support_url":"https://cs.kakao.com/helps?service=8&locale=en","privacy_url":"http://www.kakao.com/en/privacy","website_url":"https://www.kakaocorp.com/page/service/service/KakaoTalk","app_version":"26.9.0","release_notes":"● You can now apply various text styles to your messages.\n: Try bold, italic, strikethrough, and list formatting.\n\n● Get suggestions for mini emoticon combos for quick use.\n: Tap a combo you like in the Mini combo tab to send it.\n\n● See more with ease with the improved interface for larger screens.\n: View the list and content together.\n\n● You can now register your phone as a secondary device.\n: Register when you log in. 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