Line offers free Voice over IP calls, video calls and instant messaging. It has built a strong reputation as an alternative to WhatsApp. It has overtaken apps like Skype in the number of registered and active users, with an estimated global user base of around 84 million.
What is LINE | Japan's largest platform
Like WhatsApp and Viber, Line registers users with their mobile phone numbers. It also offers paid calls to mobile devices and landline users, in addition to free user-to-user calls and texts.
Line offers various social networking features, such as a timeline function that works like those on social media. Users can share multimedia files with other Line accounts, including voice recordings, video files, and images. Voice and video can be recorded on the spot.
The free Line camera photo editor app helps you take photos and do some light editing before saving or sharing them. And Line comes with stickers and emoticons, many of which are available for purchase via the Theme Shop and Sticker Shop. The Line Pay app supports in-app payments.
