- Hallo aims to onboard 10 million students on its app in 2022 with India; a key market in its growth strategy
- Agora, the leading voice, video, and live streaming platform supports Hallo with real time engagement to provide interactive customer experience
Hallo, a US-based real-time English learning platform for speaking, has announced its launch in India to help Indians learn English from native teachers and practice speaking with other students from around the world anytime, anywhere.
Hallo enables virtual interactions between English students and native English teachers through live and 1-on-1 classes coupled with interest-based English courses and AI proficiency tests to assess progress. Hallo currently has over 200,000 users in India and primarily caters to users from ages 18-35.
Hallo, released in 2019, has been growing at an explosive rate, with tens of millions of minutes of calls each month on the platform. In India, the English learning industry is rapidly expanding with schools, English academies, and platforms that are focused on formal rules of the language with almost no emphasis on speaking and interactions. Hallo believes that the most effective way to learn English is through real-time engagement with real people. By focusing on human interaction, one can build confidence, overcome the fear of speaking, advance their careers, and become fluent while learning how to communicate with others.
The app currently has over 1 million students across 150 countries around the world. Live classes with a native English teacher are available to Indian customers at the lowest prices of INR 100 per class, so they can learn and speak with native speakers in a fun and affordable way.
Hallo has a global reach, its users live around the world, especially in countries like India, South Korea, Indonesia, Egypt, and Brazil. Hallo partnered with Agora, the leading voice, video, and live streaming platform to create engaging and immersive experiences for language learning. Agora’s technology and APIs empower the main features of Hallo such as live streaming, video calls, and audio calls, which enables its users to connect and interact globally in real time.
Hallo is the first real-time, language-learning, social platform in the market and has secured funding of 2.4 million USD from prominent U.S. venture capital firms such as Kickstart, RevRoad, Tamarack, and Dunce Capital.
BANGALORE, February 24, 2022
