Award-winning Twitter substitute

Developed by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, Koo is an alternative application to the widely-known microblogging site, Twitter for Indian users. This Indian-based social networking app allows users to voice their opinion in various regional languages. Like its popular competitor, it can be used to express the user’s opinion and views freely and openly. It brought home the prestigious AatmaNirbhar App Challenge award that was handed out by PM Modi himself.

How do you use the Koo app?

By far, Koo has garnered over 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store alone. This holds a massive statement of how much it is loved by Indian citizens. When you decide to download this social networking app, it will require you to provide a couple of basic information and asks for your permission to access the camera, and so on. You can discover many celebrities, news channels, journalists, etc. on this social platform.

Once installed, you will be greeted by the app’s home page wherein you will see a ‘Feed’ tab. Within this section, you can view all the posts of people you follow. The ‘People’ tab, on the other hand, displays suggestions of people you can follow. There’s a small ‘+’ button on the bottom part of the screen, just like what you often see on Twitter. It will enable you to create new Koo posts.

You can upload photos, videos, or simply type your opinion, and share it on the platform. This social and communication platform is one of the first Indian alternatives developed as a replacement for Twitter. One of the best features it offers is its support to various Indian regional languages that bring in a lot of local users. The user interface is quite similar to Twitter, as well, wherein a smooth experience in sharing opinions is expected.

A great alternative for Indian users

Most of the features that Koo are similar to that of Twitter. It allows you to follow individuals and browse through your feed. You can also write posts in text or upload audio or video content formats. What makes this exclusively better social networking app for Indians is its regional languages support like Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Tamil, for instance. With his exceptional feature, you can now express your opinions in your respective local language.