According to the news posted directly by Zalo, there are 6 important changes that will be applied by this social platform from August 1st. Today, Grown Tech Solutions will help you find out why they’ve made this decision for their platform.
5 Changes
Firstly, strangers (not in the contacts) will not be able to view and comment on the user’s log. Secondly, each Zalo account from August 1st will only have 40 impressions/month when strangers search by phone number.
Thirdly, each account can only respond to 40 required messages / month from strangers; exceeding the limit will only be read but cannot continue to reply. According to Zalo’s explanation, this helps protect information safety and user privacy.
The fourth change is that users will only have 1,000 friends to the maximum, beyond that will not be able to add new friends or accept friend requests from strangers. In addition to that, the username feature will no longer be used and this will apply to all personal Zalo accounts.
Finally, each account has 5 instant messages by default. If you want to add new instant messages, users need to delete old instant messages.
Previously, Zalo deployed a Paid Service Package with Zalo OA Enterprise on June 22. Accordingly, authenticated OA accounts will have 4 usage packages from basic (free), trial (VND 10,000), advanced (VND 59,000) and Premium (VND 399,000) per month.
With new limitations on users as well as charges for other features, Zalo may be about to charge for individual users in the near future. Not long ago, messaging network Telegram also introduced a paid subscription for users.
Will users stay on Zalo?
Prior to this update, Zalo said that this is just a simple announcement about important changes of Zalo in the near future. The release of the new update is just one of the moves to promote the issue of ensuring user privacy.
According to a survey by Decision Lab in the fourth quarter of 2021, Zalo continues to be in the No. 1 position, becoming an indispensable part of Vietnamese people’s lives.
When asked about which application users use the most to contact their relatives, 48% of respondents said Zalo is their primary option for such a purpose. Meanwhile, this figure of Facebook and Messenger is 27% and 20% respectively.
Verdict
The report also stated that Zalo is the only domestic platform that can match and usurp the international big players in the field. By age, the titular social platform is the most popular among Gen X and Gen Y with 55%, far ahead of 2nd and 3rd apps with 29% and 25% respectively. Keep yourself updated with more news on Grown Tech Solutions.
