Talking Tom Cat is back with a modern look and more silliness

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 7, 2016
Updated June 19, 2025
1 min

Talking Tom Cat, the app from Outfit7 Limited that created a viral talk-back sensation in 2010, is back with fresh upgrades and a modern look today.

Talking Tom Cat’s contemporary 3D look represents a reboot for the character, and it comes with more than a dozen new animations. Those include kooky reactions to eating new food such as fiery chili, ice cream, and more. And he still has his ability to repeat what you say in a funny voice and make gross bodily noises. Those kinds of features have generated 3.6 billion downloads and over 250 million monthly active users for The Talking Tom and Friends apps over time. The franchise has amassed over 4.3 billion views on YouTube.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.