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What features does Threema offer?

Threema offers the following basic features for both single chats and group chats:

Send text and voice messages
Make voice and video calls
Conduct group calls
Share photos, videos, animated GIFs, and locations
Send files of any type
Use Threema on the desktop

Special features:

Create polls
Use emoji reactions to show how you feel about incoming messages
Hide confidential chats and password-protect them with a PIN or your fingerprint
Use Threema Safe to anonymously backup your most important Threema data
Choose between dark and light theme
Use Threema on tablets and devices without a SIM card
Verify your contacts via QR code
Add text formatting to messages
Create distribution lists^*
Chat completely anonymously – no phone number required
Contact sync is optional
Quote text messages
Pin chats
Edit and delete sent messages on the recipient’s end
Mark important messages with a star to find them without searching

Special features of the Threema Work app:

Automatically disable notifications outside of working hours

^*Currently only available in Threema for Android.

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