<s>
Untappd	B-Application
is	O
a	O
geosocial	O
networking	O
service	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
application	I-Application
founded	O
by	O
Greg	O
Avola	O
and	O
Tim	O
Mather	O
that	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
check	O
in	O
as	O
they	O
drink	O
beers	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
these	O
check-ins	O
and	O
their	O
locations	O
with	O
their	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Untappd	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
rate	O
the	O
beer	O
they	O
are	O
consuming	O
,	O
earn	O
badges	O
,	O
share	O
pictures	O
of	O
their	O
beers	O
,	O
review	O
tap	O
lists	O
from	O
nearby	O
venues	O
,	O
see	O
what	O
beers	O
their	O
friends	O
are	O
drinking	O
,	O
comment	O
on	O
checked-in	O
beers	O
,	O
and	O
ask	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
suggest	O
similar	O
beverages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
beer	O
by	O
scanning	O
its	O
barcode	O
and	O
hail	O
an	O
Uber	B-Application
directly	O
to	O
the	O
venue	O
they	O
had	O
checked	O
into	O
to	O
reduce	O
DUIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Untappd	B-Application
can	O
share	O
checkins	O
with	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
accounts	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
pull	O
in	O
locations	O
from	O
Foursquare	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Special	O
badges	O
are	O
available	O
when	O
a	O
beer	O
is	O
checked	O
in	O
on	O
special	O
days	O
like	O
National	O
Beer	O
Day	O
,	O
Christmas	O
,	O
New	O
Year	O
's	O
Eve	O
,	O
or	O
Untappd	B-Application
's	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Untappd	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2010	O
at	O
Fathers	O
Office	O
in	O
Santa	O
Monica	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Untappd	B-Application
had	O
passed	O
the	O
1	O
million	O
user	O
mark	O
and	O
by	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
3.2	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Untappd	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Next	O
Glass	O
,	O
a	O
beer	O
and	O
wine	O
rating	O
and	O
suggesting	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
on	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Untappd	B-Application
at	O
Home	O
campaign	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
could	O
check	O
in	O
to	O
drinks	O
from	O
home	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
physical	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
4th	O
,	O
2020	O
Untappd	B-Application
reported	O
820,000	O
unique	O
users	O
checked-in	O
at	O
least	O
once	O
from	O
almost	O
180	O
different	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
