Communication with friends via the Internet. Internet communication programs

The most popular messenger in the world from the former employees of Yahoo!, With more than 450 million user base, and the main enemy of cellular operators, due to which all the reasonable owners of phones and smartphones will soon finish the SMS. Since 2009, he has successfully helps its users to send text messages, as well as video, pictures and audio. At the same time, WhatsApp developers, unlike competitors, focused on messages, refusing to support audio and video calls, which gave them the opportunity to bring their functionality to almost an ideal. However, after the recent purchase of WhatsApp Zuckerberg became known that voice calls may appear in the application.

The owners of the iPhone can recall the iMessage as you like, which allows you to send messages and any files are no less painless for the budget, but everyone has enough friends using Android and other platforms.

Free basic functions

Synchronization
from phone book

Stickers

PROS

MINUSES

The application can be used free of charge for the first year, and then you have to pay $ 0.99. Although those who have long bought the application before all at a price of $ 0.99, now they received an indefinite subscription.

Not supported by iPad.

Through WhatsApp you can not call on the Internet - all calls are made exclusively through your cellular operator.

Facebook Messenger

Recently, Facebook bought Whatsapp for 19 billion dollars, but Zuckerberg continues to slowly develop his messenger. Getting rid of an annoying competitor, in just a few years with the ease of the permanent Eastern and South American audience, he won the time to further improve his application. But, in our opinion, Facebook Messenger is so pretty good, and its only minse is the orientation exclusively on Facebook users. While Zuckerberg does not solve this issue, the road to the big world of messengers is closed.

Free basic functions

Lack of additional payments

SYNCHRONIZATION
With a phone book

Most likely to find your friends

Ability to send different types of files

Stickers

PROS

Well synchronized with Facebook - when receiving a message, you go to Messenger, but you can move back to the Facebook tape. But if all this were combined in one application, it would be much more convenient.

Local stickers are extremely diverse. Actually, the exchange of these fun Emoji can be engaged in infinitely.

Minimalist functionality is just a messenger, nothing superfluous.

MINUSES

The main disadvantage of the messenger is that it is only available facebook users. In fact, this is a plus, but it automatically removes it from the list of universal messengers available to absolutely everyone.

Line

Japanese messenger with a standard set of messages and files, simultaneously being a game platform and mini-social network. In addition to, in fact, the basic functional of a regular messenger, Line allows users to share their status and comment on other people - in general, do the same as in other social networks. A long time ago, the main difference of this application was funny stickers with funny cartoons, which became one of the founders of fashion on Emoji, but now this is no longer surprised.

Free basic functions

Lack of additional payments

SYNCHRONIZATION
With a phone book

Most likely to find your friends

Ability to send different types of files

Stickers

PROS

The main difference of this application is funny stickers resembling emoticons from Facebook and, in fact, significantly imagine them.

A large list of games in which you can play with a partner on the chat. But who really plays in them, it is not clear.

Line supports official celebrity accounts, however, until they are not very much - we managed to find only Katie Parry and Paul McCartney.

MINUSES

Even synchronizing with your phone book, you will see a pathetic list of three friends in the app.

Most of the stickers and other additional pleasures are paid separately - 66 rubles per piece.

Viber

The second most popular messenger after WhatsApp, differing from it only by the presence of audiosiles, a smaller user base and less skillful design. In the end, if you like to communicate through the messengers and focus in their choice first of all on friends, then Viber should definitely appear on your phone: they use that part of your friends who ignored Whatsapp.

Free basic functions

Lack of additional payments

SYNCHRONIZATION
With a phone book

Most likely to find your friends

Ability to send different types of files

Stickers

PROS

With Viber, you can even call those users who have not installed. This service is called Viber Out. And costs money - rates can be viewed in Viber. Given the Internet fee, it will cost you not much cheaper than ordinary calls.

MINUSES

Because of its Israeli origin, Viber is suspected of the Egyptian and Lebanese authorities in support of Zionist spies. Therefore, before traveling to Lebanon, it is better to install another messenger for insurance.

Telegram

The most young, but at the same time, one of the most promising representatives of the Messengers family, created in 2013 by Pavel Durov Digital Fortress. On the first day, the launch of the entire Internet accused the creators in the 100% WhatsApp plagiarism (they even substrate dialogs are similar!) And in a variety of other mistakes, and at the same time once again remembered the similarity of VKontakte and Facebook. Meanwhile, this messenger has a number of undeniable advantages like a high speed of loading all, good protection of information and other pleasant little things. According to Durov, Telegram, what we see it now is just an intermediate product, which, after due testing, can become quite different, and visual similarity with the elder brother is just a starting point. At the same time, the lack of a Russian interface, which all schoolchildren still complain, quite clearly hints at the grandiose plans for the seizure of the global market.

Free basic functions

Lack of additional payments

SYNCHRONIZATION
With a phone book

Most likely to find your friends

Ability to send different types of files

Stickers

PROS

Instead of familiar to competitors of stickers, the search for pictures around the Internet is implemented here, that is, instead of a paid picture with a dancing walror from a limited application set, you can attach a photo of absolutely any walrus from the Internet, and then the hypopotam.

There is no integration with "VKontakte", and this is a plus at least because even in case of closing "VKontakte" or the final leaving from there, the Messen itself will remain afloat.

The joy of Android fans of Durov perceives this platform as the main application for this.

MINUSES

Unfortunately for IOS fans, Durov perceives Android as the main platform for this application.

Snapchat.

Messenger of the future with self-court information and just the perfect application for communication, erasering all your messages in a maximum of ten seconds after reading. The most interesting thing is that each text must be accompanied by a photo or video made in real time. These unusual and uncomfortable Snapchat rules are most similar to the real interaction of people, and not pre-prepared monologues to which we are accustomed to the correspondence in social networks and other messengers. After all, all of the above, you are not written in the usual conversation. hDD And after a while disappears forever. To survive these unprecedented sensations, you just need to register, take a picture, apply over the unassuming text, set the timer of destroying from one to ten seconds and send the resulting message to someone from friends.

Free basic functions

In our review, we suggest to consider programs to communicate on the Internet to the computer, which are currently considered popular communications and allow you to communicate with users from all over the world. Functional such utilities implies the exchange of voice and text messages, calls and video links, file transfer, and T ..

We hope that a brief description and table with criteria will help choose the best messenger.

Rating programs for communication on the Internet

Programs	Russian language	License	Chat	Rating	Video Service
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	7	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	8	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	8	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	7	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	9	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	8	Not

Top 15 programs for communication on the Internet

Skype is a free popular utility for voice calls, chat and video communication with contact from any corner of the world. The most popular messenger is so in demand by users thanks to various options for maintaining communication and high-quality voice and video calls.

oovo - free appallowing you to make calls, conduct correspondence and share files with contacts. When performing a video call, you can create a conference with 12 users, send a video one, write a conversation and add effects when communicating. Messenger interface is clear and Russian-speaking.

Mail.Ru Agent is a free postal service that allows you to exchange messages and files, as well as call and communicate through video links. The application sends alerts about mail messages, interacts with messenger and social networks for correspondence directly from the M-Agent window.

Viber is a free utility for fast and high-quality communication and calls to different corners of the world. Useful messenger allows you to conduct correspondence, send multimedia and documents, share smiles and gifs, share links to websites and call to stationary and mobile numbers in HD quality.

Zello is a free utility analogue of a walkie-talkie, allowing you to connect to various communication channels and communicate there with users both in the open and closed (under password) frequencies. The application works via the Internet, has a convenient and understandable interface from the menu in Russian. It has convenient search canals.

Line is a free utility for communication through video links and voice messages, exchange with file contacts and creating group communication. The application has elements of the social network and allows you to view news ribbon. Popular personalities and friends. Imports contacts from mobile application.

Skype Portable - Free portable version Messenger of the same name with all the basic functions and launch from different carriers. Allows you to call, send messages, create conferences with users of any countries of the world. Reliably protects user data, running on Windows XP, 8, 7, Vista.

Annurokrug is a free messenger, a kind of social network for dating, communicating, sharing photos, music and video recordings. Thanks to the geolocation settings, it allows you to find people nearby and make a conversation with them, exchange contacts and add each other to friends for further communication.

WhatsApp is a free app for convenient and secure communication between users, sending multimedia and creating group chats. The messenger allows you to share voice messages, documents and PDF format files. It works even on outdated devices of the SERIES 40 and SYMBIAN S60.

Discord is a free application that allows you to exchange text and voice messages, establish a conference link and create your server. The utility shows high quality Sound transfer and minimal resources load. Supports web access and has mobile applications.

TeamSpeak is a free app for voice communication gamers during a game or multiplayer conferences. The user can create its own channel to 1000 users or connect to you already exist to send audio messages or write communication in the ".wav" format. Soft optimized and does not interfere with the operation of games.

Messenger (from the English Messenger translates as "Bulletin", "Messenger") is a program for instant messaging. Modern "utilities" have a much greater functionality with the possibility of calls, multimedia exchange, video conferences and other useful options.

Some utilities provide their services for free, in some kind additional features A separate fee is charged. Some messengers are allowed to exchange hundreds of colorful emoticons, add more than 200 participants to groups, while others, limited to a modest functionality, guarantee the encryption of all transmitted information. Our selection will help you familiarize yourself with the possibilities of the best free messengers and choose the one that will meet your requirements as much as possible.

Programs	Russian language	License	Advertising	Rating	Chat	Calls to phone
	Yes	Free	Yes	9	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	10	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	8	Yes	Yes
	Not	Free	Yes	7	Yes	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	6	Yes	Yes
	Not	Free	Yes	8	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Free	Yes	7	Not	Not
	Yes	Free	Not	6	Yes	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	5	Yes	Not
	Yes	Free	Yes	5	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Free	Not	8	Yes	Not
	Yes	Free	Not	7	Yes	Not
	Yes	Free	Not	8	Yes	Not

It is the most popular messenger, with which users of different parts of the world can call mobile, stationary numbers, send messages and files, and communicate video links for free. Using software, you can call from the browser, apply a variety of smiles for bright communication, demonstrate your screen, arrange video conferencing with multiple contacts and synchronize with all devices.

No less popular messenger coverage of users of 800 million. With it, you can send free messages, call to any countries, exchange multimedia data and communicate with stationary and mobile numbers. Communication quality, user-friendly interface, video communication in HD format, compatibility with almost all popular platforms brought Viber to leading positions. In the latest versions, developers added entertainment add-ons: public accounts, games, emoticons shop and stickers. You can send another contact not only a photo, but also video, instant camera snapshots, GIF files, links to the content of popular resources and Wikipedia articles. Various settings Allow the background, notification parameters and its actions, show hidden chats and blocked contacts. The work in the utility begins with the registration of the account through the mobile number, after which you can already start communicating with the PC.

Messenger on a cross-platform system with a guarantee of the maximum data cipher. Works on portable and desk computers, as well as mobile systemsSynchronized by each other. The user can configure automatic removal Messages through a certain period and preservation of multimedia in the cloud. You can send objects to 1.5 GB, create personal integrated modules, use emotional when corresponding, change the backgrounds and select the connection types.

Popular voice communication utility, correspondence in group and individual chat rooms, exchange of multimedia content and calls. Messenger works even on obsolete mobile devicesah, allows you to combine up to 256 contacts in one group, publish and change your status, create mailbox lists and allocate messages to favorites. All communication in the program is carefully encrypted, and the user can change the walls of the chat wall wallpaper, archive messages and apply individual sounds of notifications.

As an improved finalization of the Quick 2010, the messenger considered by us allows you to combine the contacts of various social networks and services to a single base for fast communication. The work of external modules allows you to conduct video and audio communication with users of different protocols and socialks in various countries. To protect against spam, you can configure messages filtering, and the ability to wire the radio and view of the content on the popular services from the KVIP 2012 window will not leave an indifferent demanding user.

High-quality messenger for text and voice communication, calls, online games and exchange multimedia files. It integrates with socialki, notifies about new messendes, and will exchange SMS to Mobile Mile.ru. The program works with an ICQ installer and notifies about its news, protects against spam mailing. In the application, the user can play with a friend to the game, call home and mobile, as well as instantly send a message.

Is an free analogue Skype with the same wide functionality. Allows you to conduct a video message, rewrite, share files and short messages, write the conversation, call on PC, stationary and mobile. Chat can be added to 12 users, and the video message can be written in a duration of 60 seconds. Imports of contacts, the history of correspondence and work on various platforms is configured.

It is an application-means, which guarantees protection against wiretapping and perfect sound quality. Has great audience coverage and communication in open Canal Communications or its radio channel. Channels have their topics and regional affiliation. The possibility of sending off-line voice message, view history, setting options through a web browser and voice mail.

Utility for quick correspondence, listening to radio, communicating in VK and working with Gmail mail. With the help of plug-ins can be significantly expanded by Miranda functionality, namely: change external view Interface, add translation from various languages, View statistics, Configuring secure communication and enable notifications. Password protection and databases are carried out using cryptographic algorithms.

Simple I. functional utilitywhich has the built-in Messenja feature and the elements of social networks. There are about 400 million users and applies to most of the well-known desktop and mobile OS. The application allows you to determine the geoposition of contacts, send content, voice and video messages. Thanks to the interface like social networks, in the Line menu you can view the news feed of your favorite idols or contacts, simultaneously correspond with multiple users, apply stickers during correspondence and send different files by format.

Easy and compact messenger, which integrates with different social networks and other communication programs. In addition to the standard features of sending multimedia and messages, you can call the stationary / mobile numbers, block the interlocutor, change the skins, support the microblogging, open the message history and in parallel to communicate in other socialki.

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Free internet communication programs for Windows XP, 7, 8, 10.
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Version: 0.4.2081 from 28 March 2020

Quick cross-platform messenger with voice support. Whatsapp is one of the most popular services in the world for correspondence, photo sharing and video.

"Beautiful, fast and convenient" - it is these three epithetes that can be used to characterize the messenger. With it, you can communicate in private and group chats, transmit photos and videos, send documents, tables and PDF files. The application uses simple system visualization, notifying about the delivery and reading messages. Fans of social networks will appreciate the ability to set the status and profile photos. If you wish, you can add pleasant emotions to the dialogue due to the set of original emoticons. A special emphasis was made on the security of correspondence - all information is transmitted in encrypted form. The user ID is used as a user ID.

Version: 7.1.1 from 26 March 2020

Do you like to have fun with friends on video connections and want to surprise them? Then install the Manycam program. With it, you can appear on the screen of your friends in the costume of the crazy pirate or, for example, right in your room will snow.

And this is only one percent of the entire list of available effects. For example, you can add an inscription on the video or change the background.

Version: 3.5.1 from 24 March 2020

The TEAMSPEAK voice application application works on the principle of multichannel radio - it is enough to click on the key on the keyboard. Ideal for multiplayer online games and business audio conferences.

TeamSpeak is an extremely convenient application that can provide high-quality voice communication over the Internet. It is enough to have a headset or column and microphone.

Version: 5.23.0.2134 from March 19 2020

Advanced program for communicating with high-quality video link and file sharing of various formats. It is characterized by a number of social functions, which made Line a peculiar hybrid of the messenger and social network.

The desktop version of Line offers almost the entire functionality of a mobile application. You can postpone contact, perform voice and video calls, conduct correspondence, share photos and documents, dilute communication with funny stickers.

Version: 1.9.21 of March 19 2020

Telegram - A quick messenger for private correspondence, media files and voice calls, keeps the confidentiality of your data on the network, preventing information leakage.

Telegrams uses the latest encryption methods and its own server equipment with closed source codeWhat makes the contents of the transmitted messages inaccessible even to special services and governments different countries. To date, this is the safest messenger in the world.

Version: 12.6.0.41 of March 19 2020

Viber - program for video call calls, exchange instant messages and photographs when starting it synchronizes contacts on a computer with a mobile device, so The user always has the most relevant full version All their correspondence.

The history of Viber began in 2010, when a team of five Israeli developers decided to create a serious alternative. A lightweight application with excellent communication quality and a pleasant interface immediately conquered millions of users. By 2015, Vaiber's audience exceeded Skype's audience - 400 million against 300.

Version: 10.0.39800 from 17 March 2020

Application for online correspondence, file sharing, voice and video communications. Allows you to communicate, including with users of other messengers and social networks.

The legendary chat program was created in 1996 by four high school students from Israel. The guys wrote a program to correspond with each other and distributed it free of charge among their friends. Two years later, the software became so popular that AOL bought it, paying 287 million dollars to schoolchildren.

Version: 8.58.0.93 from 17 March 2020

Skype - a program for free video calls, voice communications, file sharing and messages also allows you to call ordinary phonesSend SMS and today is the most popular messenger in the world.

If you need to chat with relatives, friends or colleagues who are far from being better than a conversation on video call. Latest version Skype is suitable for this perfect - just download skype program And make sure that the Web cameras on the PC. Also need a headset, although if you have a microphone and speakers or speakers on your computer or laptop, you can do without it.

We denote separately that the selection did not include a branded utility for communication in the popular social network - Facebook Messenger. The service is very popular among users of mobile devices, however, its desktop version at the time of the review is presented only in the form of an application in windows Store 10, not a separate program for all varieties operating system. Moreover, even this client is far from ideal. Therefore, while we do not turn on Facebook Messenger in our rating.

Cross-platform programs for communicating via the Internet

At the beginning of the selection, consider universal solutions for communication. These programs are used not only to communicate between two computers, but also messaging, file transfer and even viewing news feeds, however, the desktop versions of some services do not allow you to install a voice and video session. All applications in this category are free (with the exception of some paid additional content like stickers), they have customers for Android and iOS devices. Utilities are open to third-party developers and allow you to connect electronic helpers - bots. To start them, you need to enter the name of the bot in the address book.

The address book and the history of group chats in such utilities is stored by default on the server. Some messengers like whatsapp is even stored in the "cloud". Plus such a solution - the data is automatically "tightened" to a new device after authorization. Logical minus - security, in this case, and the active END-TO-END-encryption feature (zero data access) is useful.