Ablo was a social networking service 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.pp FridaysWhy Google has named Ablo the best app of 2019"> Ablo was owned by Massive Media, a Belgium-based company founded in 2011. Massive Media was acquired by

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, a subsidiary of

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, 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

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in the

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Store. Ablo was selected as one of the best Android apps of 2019 by CNET, alongside

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and Disney Plus. 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

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References

External links

*{{Official website, https://ablo.live/ Defunct social networking services Social networking websites