Meet Koo, the new desi Twitter alternative exclusively for India

Railways minister Piyush Goyal in a tweet announced that he has joined a new made in India Twitter alternative called Koo. The social media platform is very similar to Twitter and calls itself ‘the voice of India’. Instead of the Blue Twitter bird, Koo identifies itself with a Yellow bird. But there is one big difference between the two. While Twitter allows you to create an account with just an email ID, Koo requires a valid mobile number. Your phone number is verified via an OTP when you register on Koo for the first time. The app is available on Android, iOS and can be accessed on web browsers too.

I am now on Koo. Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for real-time, exciting and exclusive upd… https://t.co/L09sLRtzDM

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) 1612859791000
Koo has a character limit of 400 and you can do almost everything that you are used to doing on Twitter like following other users, posting pictures, audio or videos, attach web links or YouTube links. You can also use hashtags and also tag people by using ‘@’.