Hey hot young couples, I have bad news. dead The relationship-focused communication app Tune will officially close on September 19. Or, if you’re like me and 1) single and/or 2) you haven’t heard of this app, September 19th is just another Monday.
Tuned is a dead product released during the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic April 2020Connecting with someone you love can be easier if you’re lonely or more difficult if you’re lonely without them. While the app’s launch at the start of the pandemic may have been accidental (apps take time to develop), its system for communicating couples with humorous prompts and a simple interface could not have come at a better time. But now, two years later, the app Closed September 19.
The Meta New Product Experimentation Communication team told us in an email, “Tuned is an NPE beta app. Likewise in the spirit of experimentation Previous applicationsWe try many things and learn, and if our experiments don’t last, shut them down.
I tried to try Tune to write this article, but when I entered my phone number to register, I got an error message. Tuned probably won’t accept new users when it starts closing its services, and Meta didn’t respond to my request right away. to illustrate it. aRegister 360 . ToolAnd The app is “a special place where you and your significant other can be yourself. With Tune, even when you’re apart, you can be kind, smart, and fun as if you were face to face together.”
Meta seems to be going through a bit of a rough time, and it’s possible that the company’s dismissal of Melody is part of a broader effort to save money and stay away from social media. Meta has endured the last conversation about recruitment Slower And impending layoffs: Leaked documents from executives have advised managers to cut poorly performing employees under the guise of “they’re not what we need,” and Meta employees are said to be concerned about current layoffs. 10% of the company’s employees.
Meta was also making an apparent effort to stay away from social media during his days on Facebook. organizational pressure And Public Probe with a dazzling plan to redefine itself as a virtual reality powerhouse. But we all know how Metaverse going.
Tuned’s closure may be a concern for some couples who are still using the eye-catching app two years after its launch, but it could also be a sign of a larger internal company restructuring.
Updated Jul 26 3:40 PM ET: This article has been updated to include additional notes from the new Meta product testing team.