Vivo Chat is an Android app developed by VIVO S.A. (Av. Engenheiro Luís Carlos Berrini, 1.376 CEP: 04571-000 – São Paulo – SP). Others apps created by VIVO S.A. are: Meu Vivo App, Vivo TV, Vivo Easy, Vivo Futebol, Minha GVT.

Vivo Chat first became available on 23 Apr 2015. It is estimated that Vivo Chat has been downloaded between 100000 and 500000 times from the Play Store.

Vivo Chat 2.0.87 requires the following permissions:

Allows an app to access precise location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

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 application to read SMS messages.

Allows an application to receive SMS messages.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps. Very few apps should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.