Android app of the day: multi-platform group chat on Imo IM

Imo IM is an Android app we’ve written about before. It’s a multi-platform chatting app for Android. This week Imo updated the Google Android Market with a new version, and it’s like they’ve made the impossible possible!

The Imo IM Android app supports all your favorite chatting platforms like MSN, Yahoo, AIM/ICQ, Google Talk, My Space, Skype, Facebook and Jabber all through a single interface. Once you’ve set up your accounts you can chat to any of your contacts from any of these accounts, without actually switching between the platforms. Imo IM has now extended its reach to group chatting, enabling users to create groups and chat with more than one person together, even if they are actually chatting from different platforms. 

 

The new group chat, which is currently in its alpha version, has some wonderful features such as no limit on the number of group members, all group members can invite friends to participate in the chat, and anyone can view chat history sent and received after they have joined the chat group. 


Buddies can send and receive files in the group chat plus they can send and receive instant voice IMs up to 30 seconds long, the most intuitive feature of Imo IM. Once a chat group has been set up it’s saved so that people can re-join even after they have logged out and then log back in.



So, how do you start a new group chat on your Android device using Imo IM? Install the latest version from Android Market and tap the ‘Create a new shared group’ icon. Once the group is created drag and drop buddies from different platforms and add them to the group. Now chat with all of them at the same time!

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