Patanjali had quietly launched its chat app called ‘Kimbho’ to compete with WhatsApp. But officially it no longer exists. This is because within 24-hours of the launch of Kimbho, the chat app was taken down over security, privacy and technical concerns. During the launch, the Kimbho chat was called as Baba Ramdev’s “Swadeshi” answer to WhatsApp. Patanjali spokesperson SK Tijarawala had tweeted, „Now India will talk. After launching SIM
had quietly launched its chat app called ‘Kimbho’ to compete with WhatsApp. But officially it no longer exists. This is because within 24-hours of the launch of Kimbho, the chat app was taken down over security, privacy and technical concerns. During the launch, the chat was called as Baba Ramdev’s “Swadeshi” answer to WhatsApp. Patanjali spokesperson SK Tijarawala had tweeted, „Now India will talk. After launching SIM cards, has launched a new messaging application called Kimbho. Now WhatsApp will be given competition.” Explaining the name “Kimbho”, Tijarawala tweeted in Hindi, “Kimbho in Sanskrit means what’s going on and what’s the news.”
Justifying the retraction of the from and Apple App Store, Tijarawala told ET, “We were only testing it for learnings and over 1.5 lakh people downloaded it. Our app is no longer available and Patanjali cannot take responsibility of various duplicate apps doing the rounds. Our app will be come back again soon after we are absolutely sure of all technical issues, and we will beat WhatsApp. We will never sell private consumer data.”
So, if you happen to search the “Kimbho” app on Google Play in your Android smartphone, you will suddenly find many apps in the name of Kimbho. Here are 21 fake Kimbho apps to avoid for obvious security concerns. These apps simply mimic the original Patanjali’s WhatsApp rival—Kimbho, so, beware!
