If you use Wi Fi, you can use this app for free and subsequently call or send messages across the globe 100% free of cost. Messaging, location sharing and other functionalities do work however. The only caveat is that you cannot use the calling feature. Not only does it work but the “country runs on WhatsApp” meaning, that everyone uses it. Update! One of our customers in the UAE reached out and conveyed that in the UAE, WhatsApp does work. In fact, some governments actually use WhatsApp to conduct sensitive conversations. Supposedly, the reason it is blocked is because of WhatsApps’s strong encryption features, meaning, the government cannot easily snoop in on your conversations. There ARE a few countries where WhatsApp is blocked including China, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Syria and the UAE. You can use WhatsApp while traveling almost anywhere in the world. You can do all of these tasks on the above list with almost anyone in the world who also has WhatsApp for free or basically for fre. You can send sound bites/voice messages on it Here are some more reasons that WhatsApp is, rightfully so, such a popular app: There are also lots of other things that you can do with just this one app and hence no more having to toggle between one app to make a call, another to send a picture, and yet another to send a text. In addition, WhatsApp transcends operating systems meaning, an iPhone can send a message to an Android, and vice versa, something that is not the case with iMessage. So why exactly IS WhatsApp so popular in most countries? One very good reason is that the app is 100% free to download and free or almost free to use – and there are no annoying advertisements. More than 65 billion text messages are sent through WhatsApp daily.Įven if WhatsApp charged just 1 penny per minute for calls and 1 penny per text, their revenue would be 670 million USD per day! More than 2 billion minutes of voice and video calls are made on WhatsApp daily. The percentage of US users of this useful app will undoubtedly increase as historically, the US has lagged behind most of the world in cellular service and use of cellular apps. Compare this to around 80% of users in Europe who not only use WhatsApp but use it as their primary messaging app. WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded apps in the world, yet only about 12% of Americans use it. If you have not heard of or been using WhatsApp when you travel, or even if you do use it, you will want to read this (and it’s time to get out from under the rock by the way!)
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