Twitter launched Desi Twitter Koo App and Popular options for popular social media apps and microblogging sessions have started coming up in India and Koo App is being discussed a lot in this episode. Koo App is being considered as a native Twitter and it has features similar to Twitter. You can download Koo App on iOS and Android platforms for free. Efforts on the self-reliant India initiative have intensified in the country and homegrown tech companies are working on a variety of mobile applications, which are linked to social media platforms as well as other essentials. Koo App is being discussed a lot in this effort these days and it is being considered as a native option of microblogging site Twitter.
At the latest, many Chinese apps like TikTok, PUBG Mobile, and SheIn have been banned in India. This has led many Indian app developers to come forward to Desi Twitter Koo App and opt for foreign apps.
The most important thing is that it has been the winner of the Digital India Atma Nirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge.
Come, let us know the special features of the Koo App and what is its contribution to the Self-reliant India initiative?
What Is Koo?
As we mentioned above, it is being seen as the Indian alternative to twitter. This Indian micro-blogging website was developed by the incomparable Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka in March last year. Like Twitter, Koo App is also a micro-blogging platform, where you can give your views and opinion on different issues.
It also won the Aatma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge organized by the Government of India in August 2020. The most important thing is that many Indian languages have also been supported in this app. Currently, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, and Assamese have support in Ku.
What Can Be Done?
In the Koo app, users can share posts, videos, and photos on the platform. Like Twitter, users can chat with each other through DMs on Koo. Also, users can also conduct polls on this micro-blogging website.
Here’s How To Download It:
The Koo app is available for download on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.That is, users can download it on both iPhone and Android phones. It has more than 1 million downloads on Google Play Store.On searching, you will first see ‘Koo: Connect with Indians in Indian Languages’. Make sure to note here that it has been developed by Bombinate Technologies Private Limited and read it before downloading.
Discussion Started With Piyush Goyal’s Tweet
The discussion of the Koo App started these days when Union Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted that he has joined the Homegrown microblogging platform Koo. Actually, there has been some dispute between Twitter and the Indian government for some time and in every way, efforts are being made to draw attention to the native option of all popular apps. Now Piyush Goyal’s presence on the Koo app has definitely brought attention to this app.
Currently, the developers of the Koo app have made it live on iOS and Android platforms and people are now starting to install this native Twitter in their mobiles. There is also a website of the Koo app, on which all the information related to this app is given. In the coming time, it will be known whether people are able to give this app more time in the heart and mobile.
