Explainer
What is Waho?
A short, plain answer — what the app does, who makes it, who it appears to be for, and where the documented facts stop.
Waho is a free Android social app built around live streaming, group voice chat rooms and casual games. It's published on Google Play by Waho team under the listing title “Waho - Live Stream, Voice Chat”, in the Social category, with 1M+ downloads.
What it does
The developer's own summary is “a free voice group chat and gaming community application”. In practice it's four things sharing one app:
- Voice rooms — group audio for up to 15 people, usually organised around a topic or a host.
- Live streaming — video broadcasts with a viewer list, live chat and animated gifts.
- Games — Ludo and UMO, played inside a room while the conversation continues.
- Social features — a posts feed, one-to-one chat, themed party rooms, gifts and profile medals.
Who it appears to be for
Two things in the listing point at the audience. The developer specifically mentions hosting themed parties “with new friends from the Middle East”, and several of the official screenshots contain Arabic interface text. Google Play rates it Mature 17+, with descriptors “Users Interact, Shares Location, In-App Purchases”.
So: an adult social app, with a visible centre of gravity in the Middle East, built for people who want live conversation rather than a feed to scroll.
What it costs
Free to install. The listing carries an In-app purchases label, covering gifts, cars, avatar frames and decorations. Nothing requires you to spend — but the gift economy is visible throughout the app. More in in-app purchases explained.
Where the documented facts stop
Worth knowing what isn't published, because plenty of sites will tell you anyway:
- No version number is shown on the Play listing.
- No detailed changelog is published.
- UMO’s rules aren’t documented.
- How achievement medals are earned isn’t documented.
- There’s no published minimum Android version that applies to all devices.
Our fact-checking page explains how we handle each of those.
Sources
Listing details checked on September 11, 2026.
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Free to install · In-app purchases · Rated Mature 17+ on Google Play
