Baidu Keyboard Apps Surpass 40 Million Users
December 04 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Baidu’s AI Technology and Partnerships with
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Sanrio Deliver Engaging
Content
Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) today announced that their Facemoji
Keyboard and Simeji apps have reached the milestone of 40 million
users and 100 million downloads.
Facemoji Keyboard and Simeji support 120 languages and offer
extensive emoji, sticker and GIF selections, as well as
sophisticated technology features such as augmented reality (AR)
emoji, smart emoji prediction and voice-to-text transcription.
In addition, through partnerships with Paramount Pictures, Sony
Pictures and Sanrio, Baidu’s keyboard apps feature well-known
characters that include Bumblebee, Aggretsuko and more. Simeji, the
No. 1 keyboard in Japan, also features an extensive library of over
50,000 kaomoji, emoticons made from Japanese characters and
punctuation.
“Reaching this milestone is a validation of our commitment to
product innovation and user experience,” said Charles Zhang,
general manager of Baidu’s Global Business Unit (GBU). “We’ll
continue to leverage emerging technology and build partnerships
with leading content providers to deliver an unrivaled experience
to our users.”
Facemoji Keyboard and Simeji, which are products of Baidu’s GBU,
are available for iOS and Android smartphone users across 190
countries, including the United States, Japan and India, among
others.
Baidu’s GBU focuses on bridging the gap between Eastern and
Western markets with its consumer and business-focused internet
products and services. In addition to keyboard apps Simeji and
Facemoji Keyboard, the Baidu GBU product portfolio also includes
content recommendation platform popIn and ad platform MediaGo,
which serve Chinese advertisers looking to reach consumers
overseas.
About Facemoji Keyboard
Facemoji Keyboard is an emoji-centric keyboard app featuring
Baidu’s speech recognition technology. It includes an emoji
prediction feature, a wide variety of stickers and customizable
keyboards, and interactive AR emoji. Facemoji Keyboard’s goal is to
help people around the world express themselves in new ways with
fun, creative emoji.
About Simeji
Simeji is the No. 1 keyboard app in Japan on both iOS and
Android, with over 38 million downloads. With Simeji, people can
express themselves like never before with kaomoji, animated
stickers, customized keyboard skins and more.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search
provider. Baidu aims to make the complicated world simpler through
technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
under the symbol “BIDU.” Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A
ordinary share.
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