KakaoTalk : Messenger

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About this app

■ KakaoTalk – Korea’s no. 1 messenger
KakaoTalk is more than just a free messenger. It brings you instant connection, fun short-form content, and smart AI features—anytime, anywhere. Enjoy meaningful one-on-one and group conversations with friends, family, and colleagues, and discover new communities you're interested in via Open Chat. You can also share photos, videos, and files in just a tap!

■ Chat made easier, experience made better
Keep your chats organized with folders, and easily edit or delete messages you’ve sent. Keep discussions on track with the new Threads feature, so every topic stays clear and easy to follow.

■ Voice Talk & Face Talk with screen sharing
Hop on a group Voice Talk or Face Talk with up to 10 people. During a call, you can switch to Face Talk or share your screen. Make your Face Talk more fun with various screen effects.

■ See trends at a glance in Open Chat communities
Discover real-time trends in Open Chat communities without entering a chat room. Choose a topic of interest and dive straight into the conversation.

■ Your profile with extra dimensionality
Your profile is your own space to showcase your interests and tastes. Feel free to set your profile visibility by chat room.

■ Chat made fun with emoticons
Sometimes words just aren’t enough—share your feelings with emoticons! Discover a fun selection of today’s most popular characters.

■ KakaoTalk is now available on Wear OS
Support for Wear OS devices:
- View recent chat history (e.g., 1:1 chats, group chats, and chats with yourself)
- Simple emoticons and quick replies
- Use KakaoTalk easily on Wear OS by utilizing complications
※ KakaoTalk on Wear OS must be synced with your KakaoTalk on mobile.

KakaoTalk may request access permissions to deliver its full range of features. You can still use the app without granting optional permissions, though some functions may be limited.

[Optional permissions]
- Nearby devices: For connecting to wireless audio devices
- Microphone: For Voice Talk, Face Talk, voice messages, and recording
- Gallery: For sending and saving photos, videos, and files
- Notifications: For receiving various alerts and message notifications
- Contacts: For adding friends, and sending contacts and profiles
- Location: For searching and sharing location information
- Phone: For maintaining your device authentication status
- Camera: For Face Talk, capturing photos/videos, and scanning QR codes and card numbers
- Calendar: For viewing and adding calendar events from your device
- Accessibility: Save the user's ID and password in Talkdrive and enter them automatically for log-in.

※ “KakaoTalk,” “Info Talk,” “Open Chat,” “Face Talk,” etc., are registered trademarks (®) and trademarks (™) of Kakao Corp. ® and ™ symbols are omitted in the app.

[KakaoTalk on social]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kakao.today
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kakaobrandmedia

[Kakao Customer Service]
https://cs.kakao.com/helps?service=8
For Better Conversations.
Updated on
Sep 19, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Location, App activity and 2 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Financial info and 8 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.23M reviews
Areal - sama
July 31, 2026
Not so long ago kakao didn't have any issues and i happily chatted with my friend. But from 23 to 25 July app just stopped working. My friend and i don't see each other's messages because from my side it can't be send most of the time. Even photos can't be seen cause system telling me there's an error and i should try again. Moreover the whole chat just disappeared yesterday (in my region), but it was on a short time. All of this was before update. After it nothing was changed. Fix it please
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Anna Tungia
July 3, 2026
Cannot verify my number even though I have done in the past. Can't do it neither on app or their request form. it just completely doesn't work. And what a stupid idea that my problem is to verify a number but ro put in request regarding this issue I also need ro verify the number and only email is not substantial. Just completely useless and support team isn't efficient can barely get ahold of them
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도로시
July 27, 2026
When I was able to use it in Korea, I loved it. Moved back to America and lost my account and all the friends' contacts I had all because it won't verify my new American number.. Very upset about this. Be warned that you (if internationally located) might want to use a different app so you don't lose contact with friends you make in Korea.
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What’s new

[v26.8.2]

● The Chats tab now features a new Channel folder.
: View Info Talk and promotional messages at a glance.

● You can now enable the Unread folder as needed.
: Exclude the Unread folder from the folder list to hide it.

● Control notification settings for chatrooms in one folder.
: Easily turn notifications on and off for all chatrooms within your folder.

● Press and hold videos in chatrooms to view in 2x speed.
: Video speed returns to default when you stop pressing.