Five advantages of WhatsApp over LINE

For a few weeks we have been talking about the new communication application that is attracting attention in the Spanish market and in many others compared to the hegemonic WhatsApp This is LINE, which is gaining more and more users thanks to its add-ons and extra functions However, is it simply better than WhatsApp? In yourappsexpert we want to highlight five of the advantages of this over the newcomer.Issues that may seem trivial at first, but in which the success of this messaging tool may lie.

More widespread use

It's the most obvious advantage, but it's also the one that makes the most sense. And it is that WhatsApp has become famous on its own merits, getting regular users on all platforms of smartphones current, including almost forgotten ones Nokia with operating system Symbian Something which makes it really useful, since it allows us to stay in touch with our friends and family without worrying about their telephone operator , your brand of terminal, or even your current locationHowever, LINE is still making contact in our country, and we do not have all our contacts among its ranks , which reduces its possibilities.

Simplicity

Perhaps because it is the first or because it focuses on the basics, WhatsApp has a very design and structure convenient and easy to use A list of contacts that is automatically updated according to the telephone numbers that we insert into the terminal , a simple screen touch to chat, and the same to share different media files Something Similar can be said of LINE, however, its large number of possibilities, the option to download attached applications, the timeline or personal blog and other things when getting started a conversation can overwhelm the most inexperienced user Something that can be mastered with practice and patience , but that WhatsApp has been able to guide users in an intuitive

Extra functions

We have already seen that LINE has many more functions than WhatsApp , highlighting among them the free calls over the Internet However WhatsApp can boast of experience and the development of options and issues which, although not as striking and useful as a call, they do improve the use experience Thus, we can talk about an increasingly marked customization , both of the conversations and of the profiles and notifications In addition, with its constants updates functions have been introduced such as the automatic download of images, new emoticons, the feature broadcast, move quickly through a conversation, search for a particular message, and so on.Issues that may not be as relevant, but that improve significantly WhatsApp

Cross-platform development

If something is still pending WhatsApp is to put the users of smartphones in communication with those of computers Something that LINE has hurried to do However, still the most used application for sending instant messages presents here a new advantage Instead of developing a program for computers, it has focused on comparing to the versions for smartphones Of In this way, over time, all users of WhatsApp have the same functions(at least of the main ones).BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 users are now able to hold conversations groups and exchange all types of files, like those of Android and iPhone For its part, LINE has yet to debug these issues as it seems to focus only on major platforms, leaving BlackBerry and Windows Phone without free calls , for example, one of your strengths.

Battery consumption

Finally, and although it may seem unimportant, we must talk about the efficiency of WhatsApp compared to LINE And it is that the first has achieved a great integration with the different mobile platforms, standing out in Android and BlackBerry, where this tool stays active in the background virtually imperceptibly.This has achieved that the use of data and the terminal's processor is minimal and, therefore, the battery consumption However, the most loyal users of LINE will notice a higher drain on their batteries, something that will not It is appreciated in the current generation of smartphones, where the batteries still do not last more than a day, if we are users a little assets.