Ablo was a
social networking service
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for
instant communications. It enabled users to communicate with people from anywhere in the world by having live one-to-one text and video conversations, using an automated translation feature.
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Ablo was owned by Massive Media, a Belgium-based company founded in 2011. Massive Media was acquired by
Meetic
Meetic is a French online dating service founded in November 2001. It is recognized for its intuitive interface and matching algorithms that suggest potential partners to users based on profile attributes. Meetic became a part of the Match Gro ...
, a subsidiary of
Match Group
Match Group, Inc. is an American internet and technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It owns and operates the largest global portfolio of popular online dating services including Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge, Plenty ...
, in 2012.
Ablo was discontinued on 30 September 2022.
History
The app was launched in January 2019 simultaneously on Android, iOS and web. It was available in more than 180 markets, and was especially popular with people aged 18–26 years old.
In December 2019, it announced 6.5 million downloads globally and was selected as the Best App of 2019 by
Google
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in the
Google Play
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Store.
Ablo was selected as one of the best
Android apps of 2019 by
CNET, alongside
TikTok
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,
Google Maps
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and
Disney Plus
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. Ablo was discontinued on 30 September 2022.
Features
Ablo's main feature was the ability to connect live with another person from anywhere in the world using
automatically translated text and subtitled
video calling
Videotelephony (also known as videoconferencing or video calling) is the use of audio signal, audio and video for simultaneous two-way communication. Today, videotelephony is widespread. There are many terms to refer to videotelephony. ''Vide ...
.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://ablo.live/
Defunct social networking services
Social networking websites