Arts+Culture / NewsMinimalist app lets you say ‘yo’ to friends – and that's itIt's also raised $1 million in funding, yoShareLink copied ✔️June 19, 2014Arts+CultureNewsText Zing Tsjeng Jesse Pinkman would be proud. A new app called Yo has raised $1 million in funding and is creating a huge buzz online, not least because of the supremely minimal concept behind it. It's just an app that lets you say "yo" to your friends. That's it. We'll let its description in the app store speak for itself: "Wanna say 'good morning'? Just yo. Wanna say 'baby I'm thinking about you'? Yo. 'I've finished my meeting, come by my office.' Yo. 'Are you up?' Yo." After you download the app, you're prompted to create a username and allow Yo to access your contacts. Once your friends join the app, you can then send them "yo" as often as you want. Simple, yo! It might sound like the dumbest idea ever, but 50,000 people have already sent about 4 million "yo's" since the app was made available on April Fool's Day. Its developers are deadly serious that it isn't a joke: they claim that they've received $1 million in funding. Yo's creator, Or Arbel, tries to explain the beauty in the one-note joke. "It's zero characters – you can't get any simpler than that," he told the Financial Times. "We have decided this is an idea with great potential." You can download Yo from the Apple and Google Play stores. In the meantime, here's a Breaking Bad supercut of Jesse Pinkman saying "yo": Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThe internet wants women to stop acting like ‘birds’On TikTok, the word has become shorthand for being male-centred, prompting women to share their dating horror stories and unlearn their ‘bird’ behaviour before summertimeLife & CultureFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workOnFashionHow On and Loewe are shaping the future of footwear MusicThe 5 best songs from Drake’s new albums (plural) Arts+CultureHow Prince almost ended up in The Fifth ElementBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaFashionWhy is Americana everywhere right now?FashionThis subculture archive is fashion’s best kept secret SamsungLife & CultureWhat went down at Dazed Club’s drop-in skate session with SamsungEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy