Band (밴드)

BAND is a mobile community app that promotes group communication. The service, developed by Naver Corporation, is available on iOS, Android, and PC.

Depending on the purpose of the groups, users can create various places for chatting with members of those groups. Existing groups, such as sports teams, marching bands, campus groups, church groups, teams, friends, and family, as well as interest-based groups, such as those for hobbyists, gamers, and fans, are searchable within the app. BAND is a prominent social app in Korea, with more monthly active users than Facebook by June 2014.

Secret Bands are typically formed by members of pre-existing offline organizations that want to stay connected, plan, and interact with one another via mobile. Such groups include sports teams, clubs, courses, work teams, church groups, organizations, and extended families. After creating a group on the BAND app, a member can invite others by sending a Band URL via SMS, messenger applications, or email. Members can then use the URL to sign up for the BAND app and join the group.

Interest-based groups, such as people who share common life experiences or hobbies, gamers, fans, and so on, form closed and public bands.

In April 2014, BAND introduced a gaming platform that allowed players to play games and compete against one another. BAND has become an official communication medium in the Republic of Korea Army in South Korea.

Users can change their notification choices to choose how and when to receive mobile notifications. Band's "read by" function lets the group's leader know which members have viewed the post, allowing users to track group member engagement conveniently.

Available on iOS and Android

Website: https://band.us/en