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Re:KaiOS by projektfu on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:00AM (#21004904)
KaiOS supports WhatsApp in India, but not everywhere else yet. That’s probably the one application keeping me on a smartphone.
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Re:KaiOS by postcynical on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:39AM (#21005284)
It is supported now and installable via the Kaios AppStore. I got Whatsapp running on my nokia 8110 4G, after some fiddling and updating.
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Re:KaiOS by projektfu on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:19AM (#21006319)
Thanks, it didn't seem to be last time I checked. I should see how it works.
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Re:KaiOS by Abishek_Muthian on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:13AM (#21005031)
That's likely cause of exclusivity agreement between KaiOS and Jio. Besides, Reliance (the parent of Jio) is an investor in KaiOS, so is Google.
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Re:KaiOS by robinparriath on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:28AM (#21005782)
I have a Nokia 8110 4G bought in India and it has Jio store , a carrier specific version Kai OS store. It has apps curated by Jio for the Indian market.

We get Whatsapp, but lose a lot of other apps. My efforts of using the main KaiOS store have met a dead-end.

It's still a nice phone. I just wish I didn't have a carrier specific version of the KaiOS store.

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Re:KaiOS by Abishek_Muthian on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:47AM (#21005965)
What is the main difference you see between WhatsApp on KaiOS and that of android/iOS.
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