Empathy vs WhatsApp
A side-by-side look at Empathy and WhatsApp. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Empathy
Social & Communications
Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.
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Social & Communications
WhatsApp is a popular cross-platform instant messaging and voice over IP service owned by Meta. It allows users to send text messages, voice messages, video calls, images, documents and user location free over an internet data connection.
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