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 and part of the Match Group since 2013.
History
In November 2001, Marc Simoncini started Meetic as a dating website. It became publicly quoted in October 2005.
In 2007, accordin ...
, 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, PlentyOfFi ...
, 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 Store.
Ablo was selected as one of the best
Android
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apps of 2019 by
CNET
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, alongside
TikTok
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TikTok is an international version ...
,
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 and video teleconferencing, is the two-way or multipoint reception and transmission of audio signal, audio and video signals by people in different locations for Real-time, real time communication. ...
.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://ablo.live/
Defunct social networking services
Social networking websites