Over the last decade, usage of social media has dramatically increased. With the number of users increasing day by day, messenger apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and others are highly used daily for connecting with others. The high demand for these apps also dictates new features supporting the need of users. The multi-device support feature is one of the most demanded amongst the users allowing them to use it in various devices. This upcoming feature will be supported in both iOS and Android devices. Other than WhatsApp, few apps offer multiple devices enhancing the overall user experience.
Here are the top 5 messenger apps supporting multi-device support feature
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Telegram
Released on 14 August 2013, it is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service. Telegram app is available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux users.
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Matrix
Introduced in September 2014, it is an open standard and lightweight protocol for real-time communication. It allows users to communicate via online chat, voice over IP, and video.
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Discord
Released in May 2015, Discord is an instant messaging app available for users ranging from gamers to education and businesses. It allows users to connect via text, images, video, and audio communication. It had over 250 million users as of 2019. It supports platforms such as Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and web browsers.
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Skype
Skype was introduced on 29th August 2003, as a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat, and voice calls. It supports various platforms like Windows UWP, Windows desktop, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Furthermore, it also supports 108 languages.
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Slack
In August 2013, Slack was developed by American Software company Slack technologies, as a proprietary communication platform. It offers numerous IRC-style features, including persistent chat rooms that can be further organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. Slack supports several platforms like iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux (Beta).
