WhatsApp’s new updated privacy policy has become one of the major concern for Indian users currently. Some are really worried about their privacy, while few are already looking to switch onto an alternate messaging apps. The fear of WhatsApp having access to users privacy and misusing it, has scared Indian users.

WhatsApp updated their privacy policy to collect crucial data and share it with his Parent company Facebook. This new privacy policy created an uproar on social media regarding the security and safety of users data. However, WhatsApp assured that they cannot read users messages.

WhatsApp updating their privacy policy turned out as a great advantage to other messaging apps like telegram, Viber and others. If you’re searching for an alternative messaging apps, we’ve picked up Top 3 alternatives for WhatsApp.

Signal

The popularity of signal app suddenly spiked up in India and it has become the top free app on both Google Play Store and App store. Comparatively,  both Signal and WhatsApp are similar in offering features like group chats, dark mode, wallpapers and many more. Apart from this, one of the major reason to switch onto signal app is that it promises security of user data, and messages exchanged on the platform are all end-to-end encrypted.

Signal claims it does not collect users data except phone number and contacts. Users can also use Signal in multiple devices at the same time like Facebook Messenger.

Telegram

Besides WhatsApp, Telegram is one of the most popular app on Google Play Store and App store. Like WhatsApp, this app also has a millions of active Indian users and gained more popularity among users after WhatsApp updated their privacy policy.

In terms of features, WhatsApp and Telegram are not similar as Telegram is a cloud service. Because Telegram is a cloud service, users do not have to backup their data on server to restore it later. You can easily access your data from any device as the data is synchronized across all registered devices through cloud-based service.

Viber

Another good alternative for WhatsApp is a Viber. Viber offers end-to-end-encrypted message exchange and super strong security with the latest version of application as per developers. It claims to offer maximum protection to user and the data. Hence, Viber is in our top 3 list of WhatsApp alternative.

However, Viber’s chat backup system is similar to that of WhatsApp. Means, you have to backup your messages on Google drive to restore it on a new device. Once you backup your chats on Google Drive your data protection and privacy depends on Google.

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