Freeware instant communications app
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Initial release | June 23, 2011 (2011-06-23) |
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Android | 13.0.1[1] / 17 January 2023; 19 months ago (17 January 2023)[2] |
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iOS | 13.4.0[3] / 30 March 2023; 17 months ago (30 March 2023)[4] |
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Windows | 7.14.1.2907[5] / 23 March 2023; 17 months ago (23 March 2023)[6] |
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macOS | 7.16.1[7] / 17 March 2023; 17 months ago (17 March 2023)[8] |
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Chrome | 2.5.11[9] / 21 February 2023; 18 months ago (21 February 2023)[10] |
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Repository | github.com/line |
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Platform | Smartphone, PC, iPad, Smartwatch |
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Available in | 17 languages[4] |
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List of languages English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Turkish |
Type | Instant messaging, Social networking service |
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License | Proprietary software |
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Website | line.me/en/ |
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Line is a freeware app and service for instant messaging and social networking, operated by the Japanese company LY Corporation, co-owned by SoftBank Group. Line was launched in Japan in June 2011 by NHN Japan, a subsidiary of Naver.[11]
Initially designed for text messaging and VoIP voice and video calling, it has gradually expanded to become a super-app providing services including a digital wallet (Line Pay), news stream (Line Today), video on demand (Line TV) and digital comic distribution (Line Manga and Line Webtoon).[12] Line became Japan's largest social network in 2013[13] and is used by over 70% of the population as of 2023;[14] it is also popular mainly in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand.[15][16]
- ^ https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/line-corporation/line/line-13-0-1-release/.
- ^ "LINE: Free Calls & Messages - Apps on Google Play". Google Play.
- ^ "LINE Version History 13.4.0 Mar 30, 2023". March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "LINE". App Store. June 22, 2023.
- ^ "LINE: Version 7.14.1.2907 Latest update Mar 23, 2023". March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Get LINE". Microsoft Store.
- ^ "LINE: Version History 7.16.1 Mar 17, 2023". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "LINE". Mac App Store. May 2, 2023.
- ^ "LINE: Additional Information". February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "LINE". Chrome Web Store.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Messaging War
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342306697_LINE_as_Super_App_Platformization_in_East_Asia [bare URL]
- ^ "How Japan's Line App Became a Culture-Changing, Revenue-Generating Phenomenon". February 19, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Line, Japan's everything app". Rest of World. April 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ "Mobile Messaging App Map of the World - January 2019". Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "Line Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024)". Business of Apps. Retrieved August 2, 2024.