<s>
Lark	B-Protocol
Suite	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
ByteDance	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lark	B-Protocol
and	O
its	O
China-only	O
equivalent	O
Feishu	B-Protocol
(	O
"	O
flying	O
message	O
"	O
)	O
operate	O
independently	O
of	O
one	O
another	O
and	O
store	O
user	O
data	O
separately	O
(	O
Lark	B-Protocol
in	O
Singapore	O
,	O
Feishu	B-Protocol
in	O
Beijing	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lark	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Lark	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
Pte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Lark	B-Protocol
became	O
ByteDance	O
's	O
internal	O
communication	O
and	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Lark	B-Protocol
became	O
available	O
in	O
overseas	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
ByteDance	O
prepared	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
"	O
Google-like	O
suite	O
of	O
office	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
"	O
(	O
referencing	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
)	O
focusing	O
on	O
cloud-based	O
file	O
management	O
and	O
document	O
and	O
spreadsheet	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
Lark	B-Protocol
made	O
its	O
service	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
across	O
Southeast	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
