Where would we be without instant messaging? Well, alive for sure, but it’s still a difficult scenario to imagine given our reliance on it. Enter Honk, a messaging app that launched this year that is climbing up the downloads chart. Available only for iPhone users as of now, it offers real-time messaging ie there is no ‘send’ button, and the receiver can see what the sender is typing as they type. I downloaded it to see if it’s any good, and begged a friend to do so, too, so we could have a conversation on it.

Friends can see what the others are typing at a given moment