Arattai

{{short description|Indian Messaging and VoIP service}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Arattai

| title = Arattai

| logo = Arattai_logo.svg

| logo_size = 180px

| developer = Zoho Corporation

| released = {{Start date and age|2021|01}}

| ver layout = stacked

| latest release version = {{Multiple releases

| branch1 = Android

| version1 = 1.3.7

| date1 = {{start date and age|2024|05|16}}

| branch2 = iOS

| version2 = 1.1.8

| date2 = {{Start date and age|2021|11|25}}

}}

| programming language =

| operating system = {{plainlist|

• Android,
• iOS}}, Windows, MacOS, Linux, WatchOS

| size = {{plainlist|

• 195.3 MB (iOS)
• 74.0 MB (Android)}}

| genre = {{plainlist|

• Voice over IP (VoIP)
• Instant messaging
• Video chat}}

| language count =

| license = Freeware

| website = {{URL|https://www.Arattai.in}}

}}

Arattai Messenger, or simply Arattai, is an Indian freeware, cross-platform instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) application, developed by Zoho Corporation. The app was launched in January 2021 following American messaging app WhatsApp's changes to its privacy policy.{{cite news |last1=Srikanth |first1=Chandra R |title=Zoho's Arattai crosses 20,000 downloads in a week, plans to introduce encryption, digital locker soon |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/zohos-arattai-crosses-20000-downloads-in-a-week-plans-to-introduce-encryption-digital-locker-soon/705898 |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=Times Now |date=11 January 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Dash |first1=Sanchita |title=Zoho plans to woo WhatsApp defectors with its own messaging app Arattai |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/with-whatsapp-popularity-hit-zoho-plans-to-launch-arattai-messaging-app/articleshow/80206802.cms |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=Business Insider |date=11 January 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Chandrashekhar |first1=Anandi |title=Zoho positions its Arattai app as WhatsApp rival amid user exodus |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/zoho-positions-its-arattai-app-as-whatsapp-rival-amid-user-exodus/articleshow/80217003.cms |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=The Economic Times |date=12 January 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Hariharan |first1=Sindhu |title=Homegrown tech firm Zoho develops messaging app Arattai {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/homegrown-tech-firm-zoho-develops-messaging-app-arattai/articleshow/80200200.cms |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=10 January 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Dinakaran |first1=R. |title=Zoho pulls a surprise with its Arattai alternative to WhatsApp |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/social-media/zoho-pulls-a-surprise-with-its-arattai-alternative-to-whatsapp/article33560782.ece |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=Hindu Business Line |date=13 January 2021 |language=en}}