Instant messaging application, Share, Register a Drop It affects more than 2 billion users worldwide. United States Was The exception.
Fewer than 20% of smartphone users in the United States use it Share, To be contacted according to a survey Pew Research Center.
It is difficult to understand United States Among others Digital features Advanced enough to be on the side ShareIt is available in 180 countries. Only Facebook And Web light They have more active users than the instant messaging app.
SMS is still in practice in the United States.
The proliferation of technology changed the relationship between Companies And this customers. Calls on multiple cell phone charges and SMS Unlimited at low prices.
In that sense, visit Skills It does not change the text rates popularized by Unlimited Option. On United States They kept sending SMS with their new phones, just like they had done until then Cell phones Very simple.
According to a publication in the United States they stayed with the custom of using them BBC.
Being an iPhone
The presence of the iPhone in the United States has made Apple’s instant messaging service iMessage play that role in a certain way. Share.
Apple integrates application support SMS message Traditional, facilitates user retention.
Holding users IPhone They send messages to each other, but if an iPhone finds that another phone came from another manufacturer like Android, it uses the SMS network.
Contacts outside the United States
According to the aforementioned media, another reason for the prevalence of SMS in the United States is that Americans do not have much contact outside the country.
The cost of data usage will increase its value Bills Of customers, If they do not need to write to contacts in other countries, it is important not to use it Share.
In poll (Social media usage in 2021) indicates that Hispanic Americans (46%) are more likely to say they use WhatsApp than African Americans (23%) or white (16%) Americans.
Most Americans, according to the Pew Research Center, say they use it Web light And FacebookWhen in use Instagram, Snapshot And Tic Tac Toe This is especially common in adults under the age of 30. Below is the usage of WhatsApp.
Global Fall
Provided by Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger Global failure On Monday, October 4, 2021, millions of users blocked their access Online services. In Ecuador, the service was suspended for about six hours.
Owns Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the technology company, came to apologize For what happened. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are back online. Sorry for the inconvenience today and I know how much you depend on our services to connect with those who care, “he said in a post on Facebook after the issue was fixed.