If there was one theme that defined chat in 2025, it was clarity at scale.
As apps grew more global, conversations got longer, faster, and more complex. developers weren’t just asking for “chat that works”, they wanted something that stays usable as users, messages, and markets grow.
This year, CometChat shipped some of its most practical chat upgrades yet. Not flashy for the sake of it but thoughtfully designed features that make everyday conversations easier to follow, easier to search, and easier to localize.
Here’s a quick recap of the standout chat features from 2025 and why they mattered.
Quoted Replies: Context Without Chaos
Modern conversations don’t move in straight lines. Group chats branch. Messages overlap. Replies arrive late. Context gets lost fast.
Quoted replies solved that.
With swipe-to-reply (on mobile) and reply actions on the web, users can now respond directly to any message by bringing the original text along with it. The result? Conversations that stay readable even when they get busy.
Why this matters
Multi-threaded chats stayed organized without forcing full threading
Users could instantly understand what a reply was referring to
One tap took them back to the original message no endless scrolling
For developers, this came ready out of the box across CometChat UI Kits. No custom state handling. No UI hacks. Just cleaner conversations by default.
Message Search: Finding the Needle in the Chat Haystack
As chat histories grew into thousands of messages, scrolling stopped being an option.
In 2025, CometChat extended Conversation Search and Advanced Message Search bringing powerful discovery tools to Android, iOS, and Flutter.
Users can now:
Search conversations by user or group name
Find messages by file name, media type, links, or mentions
Filter messages by time range or sender
Jump directly to the exact result, instantly
Why this matters:
Search isn’t a “nice-to-have” anymore. It’s a usability requirement especially for enterprise apps, communities, and long-running conversations.
This update made mobile chat feel just as capable as web, without loading massive message histories or hurting performance.
Localization: Production-ready, not an afterthought
Going global used to mean rebuilding your chat UI language by language.
Not anymore.
In 2025, CometChat’s React Native UI Kit introduced production-ready localization through CometChatI18nProvider. It ships with 19 languages out of the box, automatic locale detection, and full support for custom translations powered by react-native-localize.
What developers got
Centralized language management at the provider level
Automatic detection based on device settings
Full override support for custom strings or new languages
Graceful fallback handling when translations are missing
A hook-based API (useCometChatTranslation) for custom components
Why it matters:
Localization directly impacts adoption and retention. This update made it possible to ship truly global chat experiences without rebuilding UI components or maintaining brittle translation logic.
The Bigger Picture: Chat that scales with humans
Individually, these features solve specific problems. Together, they reflect a bigger shift in how CometChat approached chat in 2025:
Clarity over complexity (quoted replies)
Speed over friction (advanced search)
Global readiness by default (localization)
None of these features shout for attention. But users feel them every day, in smoother conversations, faster discovery, and experiences that feel native no matter where they’re used.
And that’s what good chat should do.
Looking Ahead
2025 was about making chat work better at scale. Not just technically but socially, globally, and humanly.
If this year proved anything, it’s that the best chat features aren’t the loudest ones. They’re the ones users stop noticing because everything just feels easier. We’re very excited to see all the new features and solutions going to unfold in 2026.
Here’s to building conversations that scale.
Cheers!
Shrinithi Vijayaraghavan
Creative Storytelling , CometChat