Fastest app ever to reach 50 million downloads
Aarogya Setu, India’s coronavirus contact tracing app that didn’t even exist about 2 months ago, now nearly has 100 million users. Within two weeks of its launch in April, the app reached 50 million users to become the fastest app ever to reach that milestone. “We beat Pokémon Go,” says a smiling Arnab Kumar, who is leading the development of the service for the Indian government
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