Known as Demumu in the US, the app will alert trusted contacts if you don't hit a button in the app every two days.

The app's popularity coincides with projections that China will have nearly 200 million single-person households by 2030.

The Personal Safety app on Android will soon get a new option to add time to a Safety Check. Currently, users have to stop a Safety Check if they need to change its duration. The new behavior will ...

A new app is topping the charts in China, named “Are you dead?” The app will notify your loved ones if you stop checking in ...

A Chinese iPhone app called “Are You Dead?” is gaining popularity by alerting loved ones when users stop checking in.

A minimal check-in app called ‘Are You Dead?' is gaining popularity among people who live alone, especially in China.

A safety app bluntly named “Are You Dead?” has gone viral in China, climbing to the top spot on the country’s Apple App Store ...