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CometChat Pro November update

This month CometChat Pro got a brand new look, new tutorials, and a healthy dollop of new features which - if you are embarking on an ambitious chat project - we know you are going to love. The new CometChat Pro Our history started in bustling Mumbai where CometChat was founded and bootstrapped by twin brothers Anant [https://www.

Announcing Thumbnail Generation

Save bandwidth and improve the user experience of your CometChat chat app by enabling automatic thumbnail generation for images and videos.

5 compelling reasons to add instant message translation to your chat app

Recently we announced instant message translation [/blog/translate-messages-in-your-chat-app/] - an impactful CometChat extension that enables you to smash the language barrier within your chat app. Current CometChat users can turn on the extension today ✨.

Smash the language barrier: Announcing real-time message translation

The internet has connected the world in ways which no one could have imagined. How else could someone from Wales 🇬🇧 meet and talk with someone from Mumbai 🇮🇳 if not for an online chat? And while many people in Mumbai speak excellent English, many do not.

10 Examples of Beautiful Chat UI & Interaction Design

We've put together 10 examples of beautiful chat UI & UX design that will inspire you when building your own.

Marketplace Chat UI/UX Inspiration

An honest guide: How to choose the best WordPress chat plugin

Skipping a live chat option on your WordPress website is no longer an option. Every WordPress website needs some form of chat plugin.

Debunking 9 Common Myths around Instant Messaging apps

As a business, your inbound and outbound communications might be suffering due to lack of efficient mediums, which would be negatively affecting your business. All this while, you might not have the slightest idea about it.

The smartest way to add smart replies to your chat

If you have a chat feature in your app or are in the process of building one, this post is bound to interest you. With smart replies popping up in more and more apps, this short post explains why you should care about them and announces our new, even smarter way to implement them in your own iOS, Android or JavaScript chat app with CometChat Pro [https://cometchat.

Must-have animations for in-app chat solutions

Must-have animations for ChatbotsA few months ago, when I was designing the chat panel for a video conferencing desktop app, I included a “typing…” UI in the design mockup. During the design review, engineer colleagues told me that…Shan ShenUX Collective [https://uxdesign.

How to build a great chat UI/UX

Build vs Buy: Should you build chat from scratch?

Learn how to decide between building a chat feature from scratch or using a chat API and SDK like CometChat.

Announcing Human Moderation, and why you shouldn't code chat from scratch

When starting a new project, you know what you know and you know what you don't know, but it's what you don't know you don't know that will get you 😱. That's why productive teams do spikes to gather information and to determine how much work will be required.

Why your users care about sharing their location

Your users will now be able to share their location with each other on your website. Thanks to this sparkling new release of CometChat Go.

Don't make me think (about chat)

Chat for Marketplaces

Learn how CometChat helps marketplaces gain a competitive advantage in today's highly competitive world.

"Building a real-time chat will be difficult" - Knox from Feature

Knox Dobbins from Feature talks about how they use CometChat to power their in-app messaging.

Does this look simple to you?

Does this carnival game look simple to you? Read my article to learn more about it, Tinder charging to view read receipts and of course, all things chat.