Tencent IM：Chat API For Real-Time In-App Communication
Tags: chat, api, sdk, im
Published: 2022-05-23 11:43:24

## What is Tencent IM？
Tencent Cloud IM（ Instant Messaging ）provides Chat API for Apps and website. IM integrates diverse chat capabilities such as one-to-one chat, group chat, chat room, and system notification into its SDKs and UIkit components for various platforms to help you develop your business quickly.
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## Why Tencent IM？
**（1） Expert in chat sdk service**
Tencent is the first and largest developer of chat service in mainland China. QQ and WeChat, both developed by Tencent, have 1.8 billion monthly active users. Tencent have 23 years of experience in chat development. [See the chat ability about IM.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/products/im?lang=en&pg=&from=dev)

**（2） Independent IDC and global access**
IM has independent data storage nodes in Singapore, Germany, India and South Korea as well as 2500+ global access points and cache nodes in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America to achieve worldwide reach.These nodes enable messages to be delivered globally in 200ms on average.

**（3） Easy and Quick Integration**
You can run the demo in just ten minutes. By implementing the UI features based on TUIKit and calling the corresponding APIs of the IM SDK, you can build your own IM application in just one day. [Run the DEMO in 10 minute.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/45914?from=dev)

**（4） Comprehensive API platform**
IM API platform covers a comprehensive range, including iOS, Android, Web, Unity, Unreal Engine, C, Flutter, Electron. [Quick start with the API.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/34552?from=dev)
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## What can you do with Tencent IM？
**（1） Chat in-App**
-IM provide chat api for app and website, supporting several message types such as text, emojis, images, short audio, and short videos, which can increase user activity.
-IM supports various group types such as private groups, public groups, and chat rooms, which meet the requirements for specific group chat scenarios and diversified social interaction techniques. [Try the chat DEMO.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/45914?lang=en&pg=&from=dev)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/nz131qsyobx5e0wdkwr9.png)

**（2） Interactive Live Streaming**
-IM supports chatting through on-screen comments.
-IM supports special messages such as giving likes, gifts, and rewards by using custom messages. 
-IM provides audio/video chat rooms with no user count limits and enables smooth chat in rooms with millions of users.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9js9gt0dnm4ar9h3f10n.png)

**（3） Chat in-Game**
-IM supports diverse in-game message types such as text, emoji, image, short audio, and short video, which can increase player activity.

-IM has global access points and cache nodes in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, which implement nearby access and ensure the communications quality for players.

-In addition to group profile photo, group nickname, group description, group member profile, and group member nickname, IM also supports a maximum of 20 custom fields for differentiated display of in-game roles. [Try the Unity DEMO.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/41656?from=dev)  [Try the UE DEMO.](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/45908?from=dev)


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/rc15nf31n04zm5g9ew7x.png)

**（4） More Scenarios**
IM can also used for online education, healthcare, customer service, meeting. For more Scenarios, please see
[Instant Messaging|Tencent Cloud](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1047/33515?lang=en&from=dev)
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## Contact Us
Join the IM group for:
● Reliable technical support 
● Product details
● Constant exchange of ideas

Telegram group: [join](https://t.me/tencent_imsdk)
Discord group: [join](https://discord.gg/8EmN2ma25W)