Chat and messaging application features: The complete guide for 2023

Chat apps have become an integral part of daily life, with WhatsApp, WeChat, and Facebook Messenger leading the market. To compete in this space, offering core features such as low latency messaging, simple onboarding, security and encryption, typing indicators, group chats, targeted messages, message replies, conversation history, voice and video calls, file sharing, push notifications, and compatibility is essential. Additional features like message threads, editing and deletion, scheduling, self-destructing messages, and dark mode can help differentiate a chat app from competitors. Developers should consider using realtime chat infrastructure through SDKs and APIs to build core functionality quickly while maintaining flexibility for customization.