About this app

Zapbuddy is a new social Chat app which uses latest in Augmented Reality to meet up with your friends, see places in an entirely new and secure way. Its is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones.

You can not only protect your display pictures, but also your location and set it for outsiders or a few individuals accordingly.

WHY USE ZapBuddy:

• NO FEES: ZapBuddy uses your phone's Internet connection to let you message and call friends and family, so you don't have to pay for every message or call.* There are also no subscription fees or adverts included to use ZapBuddy

• FREE CALLS: Call your friends and family for free with ZapBuddy Calling, even if they're in another country.* ZapBuddy calls use your phone's Internet connection rather than your cellular plan's voice minutes. Please Note that the data charges may apply depending upon the internet connectivity available. Additionally, you can't access emergency services such as 911 through ZapBuddy.

• PICTURE PRIVACY: Now you have more control over who gets to see your pictures even if they are in your phone book or not. Set custom pictures for specific people even for those outside your phone book circle.

• GROUP CHAT: Enjoy group chats with your contacts so you can easily stay in touch with your friends or family. It has many unique features such as option to select join or decline before becoming a part of the group chat. You can also see which members have received message successfully and who has not received message successfully yet. Additionally, set custom notifications and select which groups you want to be notified about and which not to.

• LOCATIONS AND FRIENDS IN AUGMENTED REALITY: Users can now see in Augmented Reality easily understanding what is around them. They can see which places of interest are nearby. Simply see in AR view and no more getting frustrated in old way of using maps and understanding which direction to go about.

• LOCATIONS PRIVACY: Users can now also secure who gets to see which location and set different locations for different people. You can select business contacts to see your official locations and personal contacts to see place to hang out. Share specific location to a specific person to help meet up on your desired location.

• PROTECT YOUR CHATS: Now use the lock screen functions to lock the chats to protect the data from anyone who might have your phone and make sure no one gets access to your private information and communication.

• NO INTERNATIONAL CHARGES: There's no extra charge to send ZapBuddy messages internationally. Chat with your friends around the world and avoid international SMS charges.*

• ALWAYS LOGGED IN: With ZapBuddy, you're always logged in so you don't miss messages. No more confusion about whether you're logged in or logged out.

• QUICKLY CONNECT WITH YOUR PHONEBOOK CONTACTS: Quickly and easily connect you with your phone book contacts who have ZapBuddy installed so there's no need to add hard-to-remember usernames or emails.

• SAY NO TO LOGIN NAMES AND PINS: Why bother having to remember yet another username or PIN. ZapBuddy works with your phone number, just like SMS, and integrates seamlessly with your phone's existing address book.

• SEND A VOICE MESSAGE - If the text does not take care of what you want to express, click on "Record" and send a voice message, sing or say what you want to hear.

• SHARE MULTIMEDIA: Send and receive photos, videos, documents, and Voice Messages.

• OFFLINE MESSAGES: Even if you miss your notifications or turn off your phone, ZapBuddy will save your recent messages until the next time you use the app.

We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at:

zapbuddy@mtouchsys.com

Or follow us on twitter
https://twitter.com/zapbuddy

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https://www.facebook.com/Zapbuddy/

New features

- Bug fixes and performance improvements.

App Permissions

Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.