Band

BAND

Developer(s)	Naver Corporation
Operating system	iOS Android Windows Mac
Available in	English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
Type	Social networking services Instant messaging clients
Licence	Freeware
Website	band.com

BAND is a mobile community application that facilitates group communication. Created by Naver Corporation, the service is available on iOS, Android, and desktop.

Users can create separate spaces for communicating with members of different groups depending on the purpose of those groups. Types of groups include existing circles such as sports teams, marching bands, campus groups, faith groups, teams, friends, family as well as interest-based groups, like those for hobbyists, gamers, and fans, which are also searchable within the app. BAND is a popular social app in Korea whose number of monthly active users surpassed that of Facebook by June 2014.^[1]

Usage

Secret Bands are mostly created by pre-existing offline groups when members intend to stay connected, plan, and collaborate with each other via mobile. Examples of such groups include sports teams, clubs, classes, work teams, faith groups, organizations, and extended families. Once a member creates a group on the BAND app, the member can invite other members by sharing a Band URL via SMS, messenger apps, or email. The members then can sign up on the BAND app and join the group by clicking the URL.

Closed and Public Bands are created by interest-based groups, like people with common life experiences or hobbies, gamers, fans, and such.

BAND has launched a gaming platform in April, 2014 allowing users to play games and compete with each other.^[2] In South Korea, BAND has become an official communication tool in the Republic of Korea Army.^[3]

References

External links

• Official Site: BAND

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