Like we have been saying here at What’s New On The Net, messaging apps are the flavor of the season. Over the last two months or so, we have profiled several of them here on our Web pages.

But this one from Los Angeles, USA, is definitely off the beaten track. Called React Messenger, this is a selfie-centered messaging app. Yup, you heard right. No need to send stickers or emojis to friends & colleagues. Send your own selfie with your message. Thus, React can claim to be the 1st ever selfie instant messenger. It’s a new way to chat with your real facial expressions in each message. Natural is the way to go, say these guys at React, since facial expressions do say a lot about a person at that moment in time. Messaging’s pivotal moment, perhaps?

This new messaging app effectively turns selfies into sticker emoticons. No need to sift through tons of stickers, or spending time to select one. Just click your face & send it across. Stick your tongue out at a friend or show off those new pair of sun glasses. Emotions, after all, say a lot about who or what you are.

Launched in November 2013, like they say on their own blog, React Messenger was then “an unfinished, unpolished, buggy little messaging app with lots of design flaws” But the response it got apparently was staggering. Within a month itself, React Messenger was downloaded 100,000 downloads.

Using the smartphone camera, instant reactions allow users to reply with selfies at the tap of a button. They can send double-sided photos or selfies instantly. And old messages get auto deleted, making way for new ones.

From what we hear, this new messaging app is going great guns in some of the Asian countries.

For now, React is available only as an iOS app & can be downloaded on any Apple device with iOS 7.0 or more.

Click here to download Reach on your iOS device.

Image Credit: React

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