LinkedIn revamps Its Messaging tool to keep up with more casual chat-like apps

LinkedIn announced Tuesday that it will finally revamp its messaging app to keep up with the more casual chat-like apps that are in the center of the mobile world.

The Mountain View, Calif-based tech company said that it will launch a revamped version of its messaging feature to provide the users a more convenient and casual professional way to communicate.

It is finally moving away from the email-like inbox design to a cleaner and simpler interface used by popular messaging apps like Apple's iMessage and Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger.

LinkedIn will launch the new messenger feature in English on Tuesday. It will launch the new feature in other languages in the coming weeks.

LinkedIn director of product management Mark Hull said, they know that messaging each other is very important for people, and now their platform offers and easier and meaningful yet lightweight means to reach out to each other.

This new feature will be available to all its 380 million users, subscribed or not. It allows users to message other users connected to them through the platform. Premium users can use "InMail," which is a paid messaging app that allows users to contact other users not directly connected to them in the platform. These new messaging features are available in the new inbox.

According to Hull, the new chat-style interface will promote fast, back-and-forth messaging. Conversations will be organized in a manner that it will be easier to determine the most recently said message.

LinkedIn updated its messaging push and email notification to make it easier for users to keep track of their important conversations. LinkedIn's new messaging features will also allow users to attach photos, documents, GIDs, stickers, and even emojis.

Sending these features through the messaging app is widely used by other Asian platforms like WeChat, Line, WhatsApp, and Messenger.