In depth
A closer look at Xabber
Open source Jabber (XMPP) client with multi-account support and clean and simple interface. Being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, Xabber is designed to be the best Jabber client for Android. Features:- Multiple accounts- Quick switch between simultaneous chats- Rich visibility settings for contacts and groups- Compatible with all standard XMPP servers- Pre-configured support of Gtalk, Facebook chat, Livejournal chat, Vkontakte, Ya.Online, Google Apps Gtalk accounts- Multi user chat (MUC)- Chat history- Export history to SD card- Server side message archive support- Emoticons- Inline hyperlink support (web pages, YouTube, e-mail, phone numbers, XMPP Uri)- Avatars- View contact-s information (vCard)- Grouping contacts by groups and/or accounts- Contact list management: add/remove/edit contacts, groups, subscriptions- Contact search- Integration into phone-s contact list (call from the chat and chat from the phone contact list)- Notification setting for each contact- Notifications based on key phrase- Full Unicode support, chat in any language- Portrait and landscape views- Stream compression (not all servers supported for now)- Resources/priorities- OTR encription- TLS support- Legacy SSL support- SASL support- Check for the server certificate- SRV record and DNS round robin support- Client software icons in contact list (Adium, Empathy, Gajim, Gtalk, iChat, Miranda, Pidgin, Psi, QIP, Xabber, Xabber VIP)- Typing notification support- Message delivery receipts- Shortcut to a chat on home screen List of supported (pre-configured) services:- GTalk (Google Talk, Google Apps accounts are supported too)- Windows Live Messenger / MSN (Android 2.2 or higher required)- Facebook chat- Livejournal chat- Vontakte- Ya.Online- QIP- Odnoklassniki Coming soon:- Tablet interface- File transfer Supported protocols: RFC-3920: Core RFC-3921: Instant Messaging and Presence XEP-0030: Service Discovery XEP-0128: Service Discovery Extensions XEP-0115: Entity Capabilities XEP-0054: vcard-temp XEP-0153: vCard-Based Avatars XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat (incompletely) XEP-0078: Non-SASL Authentication XEP-0138: Stream Compression XEP-0203: Delayed Delivery XEP-0091: Legacy Delayed Delivery XEP-0199: XMPP Ping XEP-0147: XMPP URI Scheme Query Components XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications XEP-0184: Message Delivery Receipts XEP-0155: Stanza Session Negotiation XEP-0059: Result Set Management XEP-0136: Message Archiving XEP-0224: Attention Check Xabber Development version for new functionality.
Verdict
Should you install Xabber?
Xabber is an Android application available under the
Freeware
license — the APK is 2.5M.
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At a glance
Xabber specifications
- Publisher
- Developer
- Last updated
- Feb 9, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Android
- File size
- 2.5M
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 1093
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