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Line (software)

This article is about a communications service. For the general software concept, see Line (text file).

Line
Developer(s)
Initial releaseJune 23, 2011 (2011-06-23)
Stable release(s)
Android15.2.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 25 February 2025 (25 February 2025)[2]
iOS15.2.2[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 28 February 2025 (28 February 2025)[4]
Windows9.5.0.3497[5] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 December 2024 (23 December 2024)[6]
macOS9.6.1[7] Edit this on Wikidata / 14 February 2025 (14 February 2025)[8]
Chrome3.6.1[9] Edit this on Wikidata / 10 December 2024 (10 December 2024)[10]
Repositorygithub.com/line
Operating system
Operating system
PlatformSmartphone, PC, iPad, Smartwatch
Size
Size
Available in17 languages[4]
List of languages
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Turkish
TypeInstant messaging, Social networking service
LicenseProprietary software
Websiteline.me/en/

Line is a freeware app and service for instant messaging and social networking, operated by the Korean-Japanese company LY Corporation, co-owned by SoftBank Group and Naver. Line was launched in Japan in June 2011 by NHN Japan, a subsidiary of Naver.[11]

Initially designed for text messaging and VoIP voice and video calling, it has gradually expanded to become a super-app providing services including a digital wallet (Line Pay), news stream (Line Today), video on demand (Line TV) and digital comic distribution (Line Manga and Line Webtoon).[12]

Line became Japan's largest social network in 2013[13] and is used by over 70% of the population as of 2023;[14] it is also popular mainly in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand.[15][16]

  1. ^ "Get the latest version: 15.2.1; Feb 25, 2025". February 25, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Line: Free Calls & Messages – Apps on Google Play". Google Play.
  3. ^ "Version History 15.2.2; Feb 28, 2025". February 28, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Line". App Store. June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "LINE for Windows. Free. In English V9.5.0.3497". December 23, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "Get Line". Microsoft Store.
  7. ^ "Version History 9.6.1; Feb 14, 2025. Various other improvements". February 14, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Line". Mac App Store. May 2, 2023.
  9. ^ "Version 3.6.1; Updated: December 10, 2024". December 10, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  10. ^ "LINE – Chrome Web Store". Chrome Web Store.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Messaging War was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342306697_LINE_as_Super_App_Platformization_in_East_Asia [bare URL]
  13. ^ "How Japan's Line App Became a Culture-Changing, Revenue-Generating Phenomenon". February 19, 2015.
  14. ^ "Welcome to Line, Japan's everything app". Rest of World. April 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  15. ^ "Mobile Messaging App Map of the World – January 2019". Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  16. ^ "Line Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024)". Business of Apps. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
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