# PageBites

> PageBites, Inc. makes imo, a global messaging and voice and video calling service. The company began with a multi-network chat client, abandoned outside chat integrations in 2014 after reliability and access problems, and now offers its own network across mobile, desktop, and web, including a lighter Android app for constrained connections.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Ralph Harik (Co-founder and CEO), Georges Harik (Co-founder and early investor)
- **Products:** imo, imo Lite, imo Web
- **Notable:** imo says it has more than 200 million users across more than 170 countries and regions., Google AdMob reported a 5% increase in in-app purchase revenue in a rewarded-ad test, without observed retention harm in the test., The company shifted from a third-party chat aggregator to its own messaging and calling network in 2014.

## Products & services

- **imo** — Free text messaging, voice and video calls, group chats, file sharing, privacy controls, translation, and social audio across mobile and desktop.
- **imo Lite** — A smaller Android app for messaging and calls on low-memory phones and slower networks.
- **imo Web** — Browser access to imo messages and files across devices.

## Achievements

- imo says it has more than 200 million users across more than 170 countries and regions.
- Google AdMob reported a 5% increase in in-app purchase revenue in a rewarded-ad test, without observed retention harm in the test.
- The company shifted from a third-party chat aggregator to its own messaging and calling network in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — imo published a guide positioning itself as a WhatsApp alternative and stated more than 200 million users in over 170 countries and regions.
- **2026-04** — imo announced browser-based messaging through imo Web.
- **2026-03** — imo warned that an older paid US App Store version was no longer updated and published a free-version download guide.
- **2026-01** — imo published a guide to imo Lite for Android and low-data connections.

## Links

- Website: https://imo.im/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pagebites-inc./
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/imoim
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imo.im

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Last updated: 2026-09-28