Kakaotalk Notifications Not Working? Top Answer Update

Please check the following:

– You may not receive notifications if your network is disconnected or unstable. In this case, go to your device settings to check your network connection.

– Go to Sound in your device settings to check your notification and vibration settings. You may not receive notifications if your notification and vibration settings are turned off.

– In your KakaoTalk, go to More > Settings > Notifications and make sure message notifications, sounds and vibration options are enabled. If they are disabled, you may not receive notifications.

On January 16th, BTS’ V decided to go on an all-night internet adventure with ARMY, but things didn’t go as planned.

Around 3am when most of the world was asleep, this night owl entered a KakaoTalk chat room to chat with ARMYs.

Join the chat, talk to fans. It seems simple enough, but V was soon scolded. At first he was told that he had to change his username to his real name, but of course nobody believed that this “Kim Taehyung” was the Kim Taehyung.

Not only that, V was penalized for communicating via text. In this chat, users are only supposed to converse with pictures. V apologized and did his best to follow the rules but it was all so confusing!

To prove his identity (and avoid getting kicked out), V sent a voice message to the chat and promised to upload proof to Twitter.

This is the audio file that said “I’m not a cheater” that was sent to the chat room and says HOW TO IMAGINE AN ​​AUDIO FILE FROM THE KIM TAEHYUNG pic.twitter.com/JkHRj0shlX – 𝘢𝘴𝘩 ♡ 태꾹 (@purple_taekook) January 15, 2019

He posted this video tweet during the time he was using the chat room.

In the end, V left the chat, but he promised to come back once he got involved with fan chat rooms to avoid breaking any rules in the future!

Fans can’t get over V’s cutie and many wish they had chatted with him.

ARMY IN CHATROOM DON’T BELIEVE IT WAS TAEHYUNG THAT WAS MESSAGE THEM IN SOLTITIDE CHATROOM AND HE SAID ‘GOING TO UPLOAD SOMETHING ON TWITTER’ AND THEY ASK 💙🖤 (@taekookpage) January 15, 2019

Things may not have gone the way V intended, but he’s not the first idol to be snubbed in a fan chat room. Recently, Jaehyun almost got kicked out of NCT too!

Literally everyone (93% of the population) in Korea uses KakaoTalk, the messaging app. More and more people outside of Korea and even Obama are using the app, which also allows you to interact with companies or bands, shop and read the news! This article will tell you all about the important things KakaoTalk – it’s the ultimate guide. The contents are: The company KakaoTalk

How to Download KakaoTalk KakaoTalk Web

cocoa friends

emoticons

About the KakaoTalk Gift Shop App How to Find Friends Sign Out KakaoTalk Promotion What is the # button for? types of chats

Let’s dive in!

The company KakaoTalk

Kakao is the company that developed the KakaoTalk app. The company Kakao is a merger between Daum and Kakao. Daum is Korea’s third largest search engine/portal. Rival Naver is Korea’s largest search engine. In true Korean fashion, the app (launched in 2010) took Korea by storm virally. One could even argue that Kakao is Korea’s most successful startup. The corporate culture is open and has a flat hierarchy. Tencent, the legal name of Chinese app WeChat, owns 13.5% of Kakao. Kakao’s subsidiaries are: Kakao M (owned 76.40%)

cocoa games

cocoa friends

cocoa mobility

path, inc

Lycos, Inc.

Ground X In addition to the KakaoTalk app, the company releases other apps such as Daum, Daum Cafe, Daum Webtoon, KakaoMetro, KakaoBus, KakaoMap, Tistory, Brunch, KakaoMusic, KakaoHairshop, and KakaoStory.

How to download KakaoTalk

There are several ways to download and install KakaoTalk, all are free. Android

iOS

PC (Windows and Mac)

APK (Warning: APK files may not be secure, they are not authorized by Google Play!)

Things to note when installing the app: You don’t need a Korean mobile number to use KakaoTalk – but many features like # and shopping/gifts may not work without a Korean phone number.

to use KakaoTalk – but many features like # and shopping/gifting may not work without a Korean phone number. Also, always backup your chats when changing number/device etc!

Your chats when you change numbers/device etc! You can never change the email address associated with your KakaoTalk account. So choose your email address carefully!

KakaoTalk web

You can download KakaoTalk’s web application and log in to KakaoTalk on your desktop or laptop. It is not yet possible to use cocoa in your browser. A screenshot of Kakao PC is below.

Source: https://www.kakaocorp.com/service/KakaoTalk?lang=en

Some features of the PC version are:

send files

Chatroom in Excel look

Change chat room transparency

Sign out remotely

Lockdown mode to protect privacy

Voice Call / Video Call

cocoa friends

Part of KakaoTalk’s identity and appeal comes from its emoticons, the funny and cute Kakao Friends.

Perhaps the most famous “friend” is Ryan the maneless lion – who isn’t a bear (shock)!

Ryan: A male lion whose complex is the lack of a mane.

“Often misunderstood for his tall stature and impassive expression, he actually has an unexpected charm with the sensibilities of a young girl! Ryan was originally the heir to the throne on the island of Dung Dung in Africa, but he escaped for a life of freedom! He is the reliable advisor among cocoa friends. Its tail is short because it could easily get caught if it were long.”

If you want to use Kakao Friends stickers in your chats, there are just too many sets to choose from! You can buy them or send them as gifts. But don’t worry, many emoticons are also free and come automatically with KakaoTalk once you download it.

You can also buy old-fashioned stickers that you can buy on Amazon, for example. Or what about those cool looking enamel pins?

If you’re in Seoul, you might have seen the photogenic Kakao Stores. Follow the link to check store locations. Not in Seoul? No problem, you can find all kinds of merchandise online too.

The KakaoTalk emoticons are so popular that many companies design their own custom sticker sets for their promotions. Brands create their own stickers and give away coupons to grow their Kakao channel (which is similar to a Facebook page).

emoticons

Emoticon Studio by Kakao

Do you want to create and sell emoticons for cocoa? That’s possible with Kakao Emoticon Studio. You can login to Kakao Emoticon Studio with your Kakao ID. You can submit normal, moving and large emojis.

You can’t give away your emoticons for free, people have to pay them to Kakao. The only free emoticons are emojis created by brands and special offers.

Cocoa emoticon shop

How do I buy emoticons? You can visit the Kakao Store in the app on your smartphone or through the website: https://e.kakao.com/. There you can give away or buy emojis. You can use a bank card (the card associated with your app/store account if you’re on mobile) or Kakao Pay. Kakao Pay is not yet available for foreigners.

Via the KakaoTalk app

gift shop

One of the features in KakaoTalk is sending gifts. There are many types of gifts you can send. Below is a screenshot of the gift shop. As mentioned, you may need a Korean phone number to send gifts.

How to make friends

How do I find friends on KakaoTalk? You can sync your phone’s address book with KakaoTalk. So if your contact has Kakao, that person will appear automatically. If you want to add someone new, there are 4 ways to do it as in the screenshot below.

Just added a contact but they’re not in your friends list? Follow the steps below to update your contacts and see your new friend.

Tap on the gear in the top right

manage friends

Update

log out

Signed in to a public device (desktop or laptop) but want to sign out? Grab your smartphone and follow the steps to log out remotely.

Click on the gear in the top right

Go to “General Settings”

Go to “Privacy”

Go to “Manage Devices”

Go to “Registered Devices”

Remove the device you want to deregister from.

Kakaotalk ad

Besides creating your own custom emoticons, there are many ways to promote your business on KakaoTalk. First you need to create a “KakaoTalk channel”. This is a Company Page where you can: Post updates (with text, images, and links)

attract followers

Send messages to followers

Chat with followers (live or chatbot)

Post Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Start a shopping channel

give away vouchers

Promote your channel/website/app Check out the media kit and services to learn more about advertising opportunities!

What is the # (armed) button for?

In the Kakaotalk mobile app menu, one of the four icons at the bottom is #. Doesn’t it remind you of a hashtag in Instagram? It’s a little different with Kakaotalk.

Click on it and you will see various news and entertainment content published by media such as news, shopping, movies or sports. These are all from Daum News and the online community service Daum Cafe (a cafe is like a Facebook group or subreddit).

You can also find “#” right next to the text box and emoticon button in your chat room. Press # and then type a word you want to look up. It searches and returns results in people, news, images and websites from Daum’s search engine.

Ever had to switch apps to a browser or search engine to look something up while chatting with your buddy? In Kakaotalk chat, you don’t have to do that at all. You can easily do your search right in the chat without going back and forth. Easily share the result with your contact. Just press the yellow speech bubble below. How convenient!

Note: The sharp (#) menu is only available when using KakaoTalk with a Korean mobile number OR when you change the app language to Korean!

types of chats

Aside from the normal chat we are all familiar with, Kakaotalk also has a somewhat unknown “Secret Chat” and an intriguing “Open Chat”.

First, secret chat is used to protect privacy in a 1 on 1 chat. Ideal for all users who care about privacy. Similar to Telegram secret chat, Kakaotalk secret chat uses end-to-end encryption and leaves no trace on its server. It only saves the data in your phone. The secret chat cannot be accessed via Kakaotalk on your computer (like WhatsApp). No message or photo preview will be shown unless you click on it and enter that specific secret chat room. Instead of a preview, it simply says “Secret Message”.

Next we have the bursting open chat. The open chat room is a place where any Kakaotalk user can join and interact with others. Users are free to join and create a new chat room of their own interests. For example, there is a chat room for English Premier League fans, a chat room for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, and a chat room for Tesla Model 3 owners – these are just a few.

It seems certain that open chat will create a new space for users to share and connect with people beyond their contact lists. It has also become a hot place where marketing and advertising are very active.

Authors: Sohee So and JK Song

Hints

Updated to v2.6.5 등록일자

Hello Ka’Talker,

Find out about the latest updates.

◼︎ KakaoTalk calendar

Good news for those of you who enjoyed the events feature in Boards:

We bring you the KakaoTalk calendar.

If you want to view your events created in KakaoTalk,

Just click the calendar button on the left menu bar and you’ll see everything at a glance.

You can also create an event directly from a chat room and invite all friends at once.

◼︎ Add friends

You can now add friends by phone number or by KakaoTalk ID.

Go to the Friends tab and click the button in the top right corner.

◼︎ Read-only mode

You can disable the text box in a chat room to block messages from being sent.

To enable this option, first go to Preferences > Kakao Lab and select Read-only Mode,

Then go to the chat room of your choice, select Chat Room Settings and enable the Read Only Mode option.

Warning: May contain large doses of sarcasm. Not to be taken 100% literally 🙂

I consider myself a fairly modern, high-tech, new worlds girl. I’m all for new technologies that now connect us to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and I have several apps installed on my phone for exactly that purpose. Skype, Whatsapp, Line, KakaoTalk… Wait, did I say KakaoTalk? Yes, although available worldwide, this seems to be THE most popular chat app in Korea. You can’t leave your house without immediately hearing that annoying, piercing, signature KaTalk chirp from someone’s phone.

For Koreans, SMS is the preferred method of communication. Forget phone calls, people just have long chats on KakaoTalk instead. And this is where it gets tricky. For unknowing foreigners, the KakaoTalk app (or KaTalk, as Koreans call their preferred communication tool) can be a veritable land minefield of unwritten rules, secret etiquette, and, well, pure hell. Even the most sane person will eventually be driven insane by the KaTalk paranoia that follows from frequent use of this app.

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly harmless emoticons with names like Frodo, Peachy (who’s really just a bare bottom – I mean, are you kidding?!) and Ryan. There’s nothing cute about these little minions at all. They are only designed to captivate you with their cuteness, so you don’t realize that you are gradually being drawn into a dark underworld that will continue to mess with your brain.

Koreans probably learn that in school, I’m even confident they even go to private academies after hours to learn how to torture each other with this devilish app. Here are some examples of such torture:

Back and forth with someone in the middle of a chat when the messages just stop coming. Then you notice the little yellow “1” indicating that the other hasn’t “read” your message. Sure they did, they just don’t want to answer right now, and now you wonder what was suddenly more important. You can literally go from exchanging hilarious emoticons one moment to dead silence the next. This is where it gets difficult. You now have two options. A sensible option and one that will slowly drag you into a slavery where KakaoTalk and your interlocutor are the only almighty masters. Curious what they are? The sane person will assume there is a sane excuse, leave the chat themselves, get on with their lives and not think about it any further until the other decides to return to the chat (note: this may take days). The dark path (which unfortunately turns out to be the most traveled path) is obsessing over the fact that they haven’t replied, constantly checking the chat to see if the message has been read or not, and if you really do aren’t there Thanks to the goodness of the KakaoTalk gods, you’ll find your message is read while you’re still in the chat room, and a reply comes in before your clumsy fingers hit the escape key. Your chat partner will notice that the yellow “1” on their page will disappear as soon as they send the message. Congratulations, you are now a desperate stalker with no life. You might as well walk onto the nearest bridge spanning the Han River and throw your phone in the muddy water. Received the “Hey~~~~” message without any follow-up. Koreans love to add a ~ after everything. It conveys the same meaning as when we write “heeeeeeyyy.” Whatever you do, don’t fall for it! It’s a trap (the KakaoTalk version of emails from Nigerian princes) with the sole purpose of luring you back into the dark realm of KakaoTalk agony. If you respond with “Hey, how are you?” You can be absolutely sure that your message will remain unread and/or unanswered between 5 and 48 hours. Especially if you answer with a question mark. Obsessed Ville Population: You! The dreaded “read, no answer”. You’ve finally started to think that the KakaoTalk gods have forgiven your sinful ways and agreed to look upon you with mercy again. You’ve been chatting merrily for hours and without thinking about the constant power struggle that you know constantly lurks beneath the surface, you send a breezy message. A few minutes later you will see that the yellow “1” has disappeared = you have read your text. Not wanting to be labeled a stalker by your judgmental subconscious again, you hurry out of the chat (something you’ve even practiced if you’ve been mindlessly fiddling with your phone) – crisis averted. And then you just wait. When they read it, they will surely respond within seconds. Then you realize that ten minutes have passed. Quiet. No Answer. See example 1 for available options.

If you’ve already been dragged into this mess as an ignorant alien, I feel your pain. If you haven’t already been caught in this malicious web, here’s some useful advice to stay sane while navigating the world of KakaoTalk.

Leave a chat room the second you send a message and never expect a reply. If you don’t want to feel ignored, avoid sending messages that end with a question mark and therefore expect an answer. Tell yourself that the outside world is much more important, leave your phone inside and go for a walk. Take the time to reply to a message. Consider whether this really requires a response. (If you have even a shred of evil in you, you might even like the idea of ​​letting them dry.) Instead, suggest calling each other. Oddly enough, people find it rude to just hang up, but not rude to just ignore the last message in a chat.

Do any of you have experiences like the ones mentioned here? Share it!

To hear audio in any video within Bloomberg, please connect your headphones to the jack on the back of the Bloomberg keyboard.

Do not use the headphone jack on the PC as the sound will still come out of the speakers.

Use the volume controls on the upper-right corner of the Bloomberg keyboard for microphone mute, speaker mute, volume down, and volume up.

You can silence your phone with Do Not Disturb. This mode can mute the sound, stop vibrations and block visual interference. You can choose what to block and what to allow.

Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 9 and later. Some of these steps only work on Android 9 and later. Learn how to check your Android version

Quickly toggle interruptions on and off

To turn Do Not Disturb on or off, swipe down from the top of the screen. Then tap Do Not Disturb .

Tip: If you have a smart display or speaker with Google Assistant, you can ask it to silence your phone. Learn how to limit interruptions with the Google Assistant.

Change your interruption settings

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound & vibration Do not disturb. If you see “Do not disturb settings” instead, you’re using an older version of Android. See steps for Android 8.1 and below. Under What can interrupt Do Not Disturb, choose what to block or allow. People: Block or allow calls, messages, or conversations.

Block or allow calls, messages, or conversations. Apps: Choose which apps can send you notifications.

Choose which apps can send you notifications. Alarms and other interruptions: Block or allow alarms, media, touch tones, reminders, or calendar events. Tip: Critical notifications are displayed for all settings. For example, you cannot block system security notifications.

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound & vibration Do not disturb. If you see “Do Not Disturb Settings” instead, you’re using an older version of Android. See steps for Android 8.1 and below. Under What can Do Not Disturb interrupt, tap People: Choose what you want to allow: Conversations: All conversations. Priority conversations. Tap Settings to choose which conversations have priority. none

Calls: All, Contacts, or Starred Contacts Repeat callers. To let a call through if the same person calls twice within 15 minutes, turn on Allow repeat callers .

Messages : All, Contacts or Marked Contacts No Reminders Events

:

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Open your phone’s Settings app. For quick settings, tap Sound & Vibration Do Not Disturb Duration. If you see “Do Not Disturb Settings” instead, you’re using an older version of Android. See steps for Android 8.1 and below. When you turn on Do Not Disturb, choose how long you want it to stay on. Until you turn it off

A specific time, about 2 hours or 15 minutes

or Ask me every time Tap OK.

Stop interruptions automatically

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound & vibration Do not disturb Turn on automatically. If you see “Do not disturb settings” instead, you’re using an older version of Android. See steps for Android 8.1 and below. Tap a rule. Or tap Add rule time to create your own rule. Edit your rule name, status, and alarm override. Check above if your rule is enabled. Tip: To delete a rule, tap Delete .

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound & Vibration Do Not Disturb Schedules. If you see “Do not disturb settings” instead, you’re using an older version of Android. See steps for Android 8.1 and below. Tap a schedule already listed. Or tap Settings next to the schedule to customize. For example, you can customize the days you want Do Not Disturb to turn on while you sleep. To create your own rule, tap Add more. Tap Event or Time. Edit your rule’s name, when it will be activated, and other options. Check above if your rule is enabled. To delete a rule, tap Delete .

To turn on Do Not Disturb automatically when you’re ready to stop using your phone for a while, e.g. B. when you sleep, you can use the bedtime mode. Learn more about digital wellbeing.

while you drive

Important: If you’re using a Pixel phone: If you’re using a Pixel phone, use driving mode. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Personal Google security. Turn on the “Silent” notification while driving.

If you are using Android 8.1 and below

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Option 1: Total silence Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Under Do not disturb or your current option, tap the down arrow. Turn on Do Not Disturb. Tap Total Silence. Choose how long you want this setting to last. Tap Done. You will see Total Silence. In “Total Silence:” Your alarm clocks don’t make any noise.

Your device doesn’t vibrate or make any noise when you get a call, message, or notification.

You won’t hear any sounds from music, videos, games or other media.

You can still hear the other person during a phone call. Option 2: Alarms only Important: This doesn’t mute sounds from music, videos, games, or other media. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Under Do not disturb or your current option, tap the down arrow. Turn on Do Not Disturb. Tap Alarms only. Choose how long you want this setting to last. Tap Done. You only see alarms. Option 3: Priority notifications only Important: This does not mute sounds from music, videos, games, or other media. Choose which notifications have priority. Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound Do Not Disturb Settings. Only priority allowed. Set your priorities. Check Priority Only. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Under Do not disturb or your current option, tap the down arrow. Turn on Do Not Disturb. Only select Priority. Choose how long you want this setting to last. Tap Done. You only see Priority.

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Option 1: Mute tones at specific times Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Do not disturb sound settings. Under Automatic Rules, tap a rule, e.g. B. Weeknight. Or to create your own rule, tap Add another time rule. Edit your rule. Check above if your rule is enabled. Option 2: Mute sounds during events and meetings Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Do not disturb sound settings. Under “Automatic rules:” tap Event to edit the default rule.

. To create your own rule, tap Add another event rule. Edit your rule. Check above if your rule is enabled. Option 3: Block vision problems Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Sound Settings Do Not Disturb Block visual disturbances. To prevent notifications from popping up over your screen while you’re doing something else, turn on Block when screen is on .

. Turn on the screen or pulse the light, enable Block when the screen is off.

Important: Settings may vary by phone. Contact your device manufacturer for more information. Turn off Do Not Disturb Do one of the following: Swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap your current option: Alarm only , Priority only , or Complete silence .

, Priority Only or Total Silence . Press the volume down button and tap Turn off now. Override Do Not Disturb for specific apps Open your phone’s Settings app. Tap Apps & notifications. Tap on the app. If you don’t see it, tap See all apps or App info, and then tap the app. Tap App notifications. Turn on Override Do Not Disturb. If you don’t see Override Do Not Disturb, tap Additional Settings in the app notifications, then turn on Override Do Not Disturb.

Similar resources

What is Do Not Disturb and how does it work?

Choose when and how you want to be notified of incoming alerts and notifications. The Do Not Disturb feature silences all calls, alarms, and notifications on your mobile device. You have the ability to customize which notifications, alerts, or calls you want to run through when Do Not Disturb is selected.

The feature can also be programmed to turn on and off automatically at set intervals.

Discover more about Galaxy for yourself.

A common sign on hotel room doors, a “do not disturb” feature is also an option for phones. Credit: John Foxx/Stockbyte/Getty Images

The Do Not Disturb feature was introduced with Apple’s iOS6 operating system to suppress incoming communications or push notifications during specified periods without actually turning off the phone. But there are different ways your contacts can try to reach you – by calling, texting, emailing, etc. So a common question many iPhone users worry about is whether you can receive text messages when you call is in do not disturb mode.

advertisement

About DND mode

DND mode was designed to provide busy iPhone users with periods of uninterrupted cellular activity. For example, business meetings and bedtimes when the user does not want to be distracted or awakened are ideal times to implement DND mode. With DND mode, all incoming calls and text messages as well as Facebook and Twitter notifications are suppressed and hidden from the user until DND mode is disabled. DND mode is denoted by a crescent moon icon at the top center of the lock screen.

advertisement

video of the day

options

Although you can’t receive text messages while your phone is in DND mode, you can customize settings to allow you to receive calls from specific contacts. When you customize the option of who to take calls from in this mode, you can choose from no one, all your contacts, your “Favorite” contacts, or a custom list you create. In addition, you can implement a “repeat calls” setting, which alerts you to call if the same contact, who is not on your pre-determined emergency list, calls you twice within three minutes.

advertisement

plan DND

There are two ways to enable DND mode – either manually enabling and disabling as needed, or scheduling it to take effect at specific times throughout the day. For example, if you don’t want to be disturbed between 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and 7am when you sleep, you can set it to take effect for those periods. If you want to enable DND mode between 6pm and 7pm. Every night while you are having dinner, you can set it to take effect even then.

advertisement

other information

If you schedule DND mode to take effect during your bedtime, any alarm you set will be enforced. This ensures that users are not disturbed during DND mode times but still wake up on time. Another thing to note is that DND mode differs from the similar “Flight mode” in that the latter only shuts down cell data, allowing push notifications to continue to be sent when the device is connected to Wi-Fi.

What is cocoa talc?

Messenger app KakaoTalk dominates in South Korea, and after launching in March 2010, the service gained around 90% domestic market share in 2015. This free app is so ubiquitous in the home that it has become a neologism, with many Koreans often abbreviating the product to name a verb, e.g. B. “I’ll ka-speak to you” or “Ka-speak to me later”. “Ka-Talk” is an abbreviation of cocoa-talk, why use three syllables when two will do? Members of BTS and every other popular K-pop character are almost guaranteed to use the app as well.

Why is KaKaoTalk so popular in Korea?

Koreans are proud that KakaoTalk is a native product, but it’s also packed with handy, fun features.

Send or receive personal messages

Send or receive photos, videos, links and files

Join group chats with an unlimited number of participants

Find out instantly if your message has been read

Use any number of interesting and unique emoticons

Customizable UI with themes, fonts, background photo, etc.

Make voice and video calls over the internet without burning data

Works on almost any device with an internet connection, also syncs across devices with the same ID

Best of all, most of KakaoTalk’s features are free. In addition, the app provides tons of popular games, banking features, online shopping, daum mail, maps and numerous other platform links, making it even more convenient for users.

Is KakaoTalk safe?

Concerns about privacy arose in 2014-2015 when then-President Park Geun-hye was under investigation and KakaoTalk’s parent company agreed to make its chat history available to prosecutors. While most citizens found the decision reasonable, it raised privacy concerns. In response, Kakao began offering an end-to-end encrypted chat option (E2EE) that ensures message confidentiality. However, this is not a standard feature, so users must select secret chat mode to use E2EE, which is also only available for mobile users of the app.

How to use secret chat mode:

Is KakaoTalk a dating app?

No, at least not on purpose. Some may be confused as the app includes chatting, but KakaoTalk is used by all generations in South Korea with the main purpose being P2P communication.

Is KaKaoTalk internationally free?

Yes, if you have Internet access, which means you can use KakaoTalk to send messages, photos, and videos, and make voice and video calls for free. Users should note that the transmission speed and the quality of the calls depend on the internet connections at both ends of the communication.

Is KaKaoTalk banned in China?

Chinese authorities are actively blocking countless applications ostensibly to combat terrorism, including KakaoTalk and LINE. So if you want to use either of them in China, you’ll need a virtual private network (VPN) or other means of bypassing the Chinese communist wall.

How to use KakaoTalk

Download KaKaoTalk on mobile or PC – App Store – Apple

KakaoTalk: Free Calls & SMS – Apps on Google Play

Kakaotalk is available in every major app store, just type “kakaotalk” into your phone’s app store and follow the instructions.

How to install KakaoTalk on a PC

Type “download kakaotalk pc” into google or another search engine and it should be one of the first links you see. Depending on the operating system, select the “Windows” or “Mac OS” version.

Here you get directly to the link.

How to register and login to KakaoTalk

After you download KakaoTalk, sign up by entering your phone number, whether it’s a domestic Korean number or an overseas number, and you should receive a text message with a 4-digit verification code. After verification, you can set up your KakaoTalk profile: name, ID, email, password, profile photo, etc. Please note that your primary email address and ID cannot be changed, but you can change your name and Change phone number, password and profile photo whenever you want.

How to change your ringtone on KakaoTalk

Users can customize ringtones according to individual contacts and specific chat groups.

To change ringtones for message notifications, go to Settings – Notifications – Notification Sounds. You can also choose other options, e.g. B. whether you want to see message previews or not.

To change the ringtones for your voice/video calls, go to Settings – Call – Ringtone.

How to block someone on KakaoTalk

If you ever want to stop receiving messages from a specific person, find them in your KakaoTalk friends list and swipe their name left to see a red “Block” button.

If you select Hide instead of Block, that person will no longer appear in the friends list. However, messages from him or her will continue to be received.

If you’ve received a message from someone you don’t know, you’ll see an alert in chat. Just hit the “Block” button if you don’t want to receive messages from them.

The list of blocked friends can be found under Settings – General settings – Friends – Blocked friends.

Here you can unblock, which means you can get messages from that specific person again. When you press Add, anyone you previously blocked will return to your friends list and be able to message you. Cancel, on the other hand, does not bring him or her back to the list, it only allows you to receive the messages.

How to secure your Kakao Talk account and get help

It is also recommended that all Kakao Talk users regularly log into their account on a second device. This way your chats and contacts are saved and accessible if your phone is ever lost or stolen. Note that it doesn’t necessarily save entire chat histories, photos, and videos, but at least you don’t have to re-add all your friends and other contacts.

For more assistance, see the Kakao Talk English help page.

If you found this article helpful, leave a comment below! You can read about how to use other Kakao Group services in our articles “How to add English language functionality to the KakaoMap app” and “How to use KakaoTaxi for English speakers”.

Updated July 10, 2016 2:04 PM IST

2 / 6 cocoa talc

Not everyone must have heard of the instant messaging app KakaoTalk. Like Hike, this is also available on Android, iOS, BB OS and Windows phones and includes more features than WhatsApp. KakaoTalk not only has an audio calling feature, but also video chatting.

In addition, the instant messaging app also has animated emoticons. Unlike WhatsApp, it doesn’t need your cell phone number but works with KaTalk ID.

Daum Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s #1 mobile messenger KakaoTalk, announced Tuesday that it has launched a new video calling feature for its popular app service, allowing users to chat face-to-face with their KakaoTalk friends. With Wi-Fi connections, users can make unlimited video calls regardless of their smartphone operating system – be it Google Android or Apple iOS. KakaoTalk now offers SMS, voice and video calling services to friends, family and significant others, giving them a new and vibrant connection,” said Derrick Park, lead project manager of KakaoTalk mobile and reconnect on app reinstall. By Lee Ji-yoon ([email protected]

KakaoTalk is a free mobile instant messaging application for smartphones that offers free texting and free calling features. By May 2017, the app had reached 220 million registered users and 47 million monthly active users.

It is owned by Kakao, a South Korean internet company founded in 2014. KakaoTalk is available in 15 languages ​​and available for iOS, Android, Bada OS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Nokia Asha, Windows and macOS. Currently, the app is used by 93% of smartphone owners in South Korea, which unsurprisingly makes it the #1 app.

In addition to calls and messages, users can exchange photos, videos, voice messages, URLs, and contact information. Both 1-on-1 and group chats are available. The app can also be used as a platform for e.g

Basically, KakaoTalk sounds like everything you could want from a phone. The remaining question then is: is it safe?

KakaoTalk Security and Control

As South Korea tightened the screws on real-time instant messenger conversation monitoring over the past decade, KakaoTalk followed fully, losing about 1.5 million customers in the process, angry at the government being allowed to search their phones.

KakaoTalk offers the option of end-to-end encrypted chatting, but this is not the default. This means that millions of non-tech savvy Korean citizens are walking around transmitting all their instant messages, photos and personal information on public WiFi networks and completely unencrypted. This is a hacker’s idea of ​​paradise.

In addition, the app shares a user’s location, which means that a hacker could theoretically rob the owner of his or her phone if he or she sees them for the first time in a long time, as well as reading through their message, checking their events calendar, and checking their group chats and see who called her and who called her.

Using a VPN for security

Many people use South Korea to bypass censorship e.g. B. to get access to Amazon’s digital game store or iTunes music downloads.

But the main purpose of VPNs has always been to encrypt data sent from one’s computer to the internet and back. This purpose can be restored by using a VPN as an extra layer of security when using KakaoTalk, whether you are in South Korea or another country.

How does it work? With a VPN client running on your smartphone, you can connect to a remote server located in a different jurisdiction. All your internet requests, including all usage of KakaoTalk, are encrypted on your end and sent to the remote server through a secure tunnel. Only from there are they sent to the KakaoTalk internet platform.

This makes it impossible for third parties to see what you send or receive from KakaoTalk. When someone sends you messages, emails, videos or photos back, the data is first forwarded to the remote server where it is encrypted and sent to your device for decryption and use.

Best VPN Protection for KakaoTalk

Trust.Zone VPN was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Seychelles. It’s an easy-to-use VPN that comes with unlimited bandwidth by default.

It’s an excellent starter VPN for people who are just looking for that extra layer of protection for what they’re sending to friends and family. It has servers in 30+ countries and offers a free trial and 10-day money-back guarantee. Its simple format makes it a good VPN for mobile users.

get it now

2 CyberGhost VPN

CyberGhost VPN is based in Romania and ran under its own steam with secured servers purchased during a crowdfunding campaign.

CyberGhost is a great VPN for Netflix as it has many impressive security features including 256-bit encryption, a no-logs policy, and an extra layer of protection that automatically reconnects when you’re using public WiFi.

Test now risk-free

3 HideMyAss VPN

HideMyAss VPN has a strong server base, around 760 to choose from, including 320+ from around the world. This makes it a strong VPN for US-based services that need workarounds.

It supports both OpenVPN and IPSec and comes with very fast speeds, as well as excellent unlocking capabilities and a 30-day money-back guarantee that extends to 10GB of bandwidth.

get it now