App to phone turned bodyguard no longer afraid to walk at night

If you feel fear when walking home late at night, you may call to your loved ones, they are safe. But phone not only will expose the phone become the targets of thieves, will distract your attention from the surroundings, put himself into a dangerous position. Now there is an application to allow family or friends about your travel footprint, when you feel you are in danger, automatically call for help.

The application called "Companion" (Companion). The main features of the application of "are you okay? "("Are you OK?" ) Button to make it different from the other tracks and GPS application.

Before departure, the user enters the starting point and the end point, then authorized a "Companion".

The "Companion" can be anyone in the user's address book, and they do not need to install this application.

Then the "Companion" can track the phone's GPS to know their loved one location at any time, while regularly displays a button on the main screen of the user, asking, "are you okay? "。

If no button is pressed within 15 seconds, the specified "peer" you will receive a reminder.

Alarm also appears in the user application's options.

In addition, it can also detect whether a person is on the run, or headphones are off from the Jack, which may indicate that the phone has been dropped.

If that happens, "are you okay? "Button will appear, and then automatically begin a 15 second countdown.

Apple and Android devices can be used free of "peers", users will need to enter your mobile number to sign up for this service.

Although it is in the United States designed, but as long as the front enter country code, phone number can be used all over the world. The Internet times new raise pattern

Application designers said, "when you when they are late at night, ' peer ' can maintain contact with family, friends or campus police, they can take care of your dynamic in real time. "

"If you start to run, did not reach their destinations on time, headphones pulled out or cell phone fell to the floor, we will attempt to contact you, confirm that you are well. "

"You can that you are reporting is not a safe place. Very simple, ' I feel nervous ' button, we will communicate the relevant information to the Department. "

"Companion" and similar to the SafeTrek function. SafeTrek is a smart cell phone touch screen pressure sensor application, when the user releases a finger, the app will send a call alert.

Move fingers may trigger a screen asks the user to enter a four-digit PIN code, enter the PIN code if you do not, they would notify the police and directing them to the user's location.