Developer(s) JP Inc. Available in Multilingual | Operating system License proprietary | |
Stable release iPhone - 3.21.194837
Android - 3.21.200130 Type Voice over IP, Instant messaging, Videoconferencing | ||
Tango is a third-party, cross platform messaging application software for smartphones developed by TangoME, Inc. in 2009. The app is free and is popular for offering video calls over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks.
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Tango has more than 200 million registered users as of March 2014 and, among Android devices, it is the 12th most downloaded app. It is rated by PCMag as "the simplest mobile chat application out there, with a good range of support."
History
Tango, based in Mountain View, California, was founded in September 2009 by Uri Raz and Eric Setton. Setton currently serves as its Chief Technology Officer while Raz is its CEO and Brian Hansen the senior director of operations.
Raz, a serial entrepreneur and Setton, who holds a Stanford PhD in electrical engineering, created the service using peer-to-peer and video compression technologies with the ability to scale to hundreds of millions of users with low infrastructure costs and high quality video.
The founders raised venture capital from a range of investors such as Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Len Blavatnik. A financing round in March 2014 brought in $280 million from Alibaba, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and other investors.
As of March 2014, Tango employed just over 160 employees. Tango has offices in Beijing, China, and Austin, Texas, in addition to its Mountain View headquarters. As of 2016, Tango closed its Beijing office.
On August 24, 2015, Tango stopped being compatible with PCs and smartphones which use the Windows Phone operating system.
Overview
Tango is a free app that, in addition to video calls, is also optimized for voice calls, texting, photo sharing, and playing games.
Tango is primarily geared towards Android devices. The app is also compatible with iOS. Tango has partnered with Aviary to provide photo-editing capabilities.
Tango caters to more than 200 million users which is forming the base of a social network among its users.
Tango is available in 14 languages including Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish.
Tango has added integration with GIF platform Gfycat as of February 2017, allowing users to search and send GIFs.