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Where did our friends go?? The bike rides. The sleepovers. Your first cigarette. Gossiping about your latest crush. Being consoled when they break your heart. Discovering a new city. Re-discovering your own (at 2AM). The hungover brunches. The tears. The laughs. The love. So many of the moments that shaped us were shared with friends. And then those moments started happening online. Posting photos from last night’s party. Tagging your latest situationship. Poking your roommate (whatever that means??). It was exciting and well intentioned, but something got lost along the way. The platforms that were built to bring friends closer together became places we go to scroll through videos… of strangers. We’re entertained, but where did our friends go? We started amo because we believe that friendship still deserves a place online. We’re a group of friends who have spent our lives building stuff for friends. And now, we’re getting ready to share something new for you and your crew. We call it amo. And to us, amo is more than a company. It’s a friend affair, « une affaire d’amitié ». Something we’re making for you, but for us too. Our first idea is almost here. We hope you love it as much as we love making it. Welcome to amo. https://amo.co/

👀 Spotted: our location-sharing app Bump looking right at home on the Today tab of the App Store!

Distilling the core of your app experience into a widget is no easy feat. Ilia Nalimov, Product Designer here at amo, shares more about the design decisions that went into our Bump Friend Widget: "In the design process for home screen widgets, our primary goal was to incorporate key information into a limited space without compromising on aesthetics or functionality. We chose to highlight a close friend’s face, making the widget an emotionally meaningful element of the home screen that brings joy with every glance. The second priority was the friend’s current location, allowing users to instantly understand whether their friend is traveling or relaxing at home. Balancing the visual hierarchy required careful selection of elements and making compromises; for instance, when displaying movement, we opted to show speed instead of textual geolocation. This design approach enabled us to create a compact and intuitive widget that not only informs but also strengthens the connection between users and their friends." You can see the results for yourself by adding the new Bump Friend Widget to your home screen. Already available on iOS and coming very soon to Android! ♡

🖼️ Introducing the Bump Friend Widget. Put the people most important to you on your home screen! So that you can feel closer, even when you're apart. Built with love with our friends at Lunabee Studio ♡ and available on the latest version of Bump on iOS (Android coming very soon).

📸 Apple Glowtime watch party @ amo HQ On Monday night, we hosted a watch party in our office for the local iOS community. With a shared passion for building the best mobile experiences, these special events are an important moment for iOS developers to start planning for how to harness the newest hardware and software that Apple has been working on. Thanks to everyone who joined us! Extra special thanks to Arthur Benhamou for capturing the evening ♡

The iOS team at amo is having a watch party for the Apple special event on Monday. Come join us at amo HQ if you're in Paris !! -> https://lnkd.in/gWCNDupB

Join us together with Heart Hands, Inc for an evening of discussions and networking, as we open the doors of amo HQ to the iOS community! Joining us as speakers: • Remi Santos • Wiley Kestner • Guillaume Hugues • Steeve Morin • Soroush Khanlou You can register with the link below — see you there :)

“…at zenly the decision to use Rust came from the strong conviction of 1 team member, but fast forward to amo and there was pretty much consensus from everyone to use it from the get go” We’re rethinking social apps from the ground up — and building them in Rust. Sylvain Laperche, a Backend Engineer here at amo, recently spoke with Drew Capener from filtra.io to discuss the amo founding story, our in-person work culture, and of course our use of Rust in the tech stack! https://lnkd.in/eEsGC8Mb

🆕 It's time to BUMP! A new feature just landed on our location-sharing app to help friends celebrate when they're spending time together and invite others to come join. (It's so fun to use, we decided to rename the app after it) And with the new OMW! supersend, friends can now see the best route to meet up and follow their friend's journey progress via a live activity on their lock screen. Plus, a very early version of Bump is now available on Android! ^^This is just a handful of new things that we shipped in April — and there's much more to come. If you want to be involved in building products that bring friends together, check out our open roles: http://amo.co/jobs