--- description: Find out why Diia is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Diia: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6df42b89e71e755/698a8a21b21a9c4abc50f2b7/diia-app-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Click Here for ‘I Do’ by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 10: In this photo a man puts a wedding ring on a woman's finger on September 10, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine added in mobile app 'Diia' (Action) a function for concluding a marriage online. The service can be used by all citizens of Ukraine, but this function can be most useful for military personnel. (Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 10: In this photo a man puts a wedding ring on a woman's finger on September 10, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine added in mobile app 'Diia' (Action) a function for concluding a marriage online. The service can be used by all citizens of Ukraine, but this function can be most useful for military personnel. (Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Viktor Fridshon—Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images Since September, Ukrainian citizens have been able to get married in a most unusual way: via Diia, the country’s statewide app, which has more than 20 million users. The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification. If the second party says yes within 14 days, the two agree on a date for a video call wedding, complete with officiant, on the Webex platform. It might sound like an austere way to profess one’s love, but it was designed to help the many Ukrainian couples who are physically separated by Russia’s invasion of the country carry on with their lives. More than[ ](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5120497/ukraine-says-its-app-is-the-first-that-allows-couples-to-propose-and-get-married "undefined")1.1 million Ukrainians proposed using the tech in the first month it was available, and 435 couples married in that timeframe. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094556/diia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094556/diia/"},"headline":"Diia: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:10:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:25.733Z","description":"Find out why Diia is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094556/diia/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6df42b89e71e755/698a8a21b21a9c4abc50f2b7/diia-app-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6df42b89e71e755/698a8a21b21a9c4abc50f2b7/diia-app-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094556/diia/","name":"Diia: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```