Hoiio Blog

The disaster in Japan is a humanitarian problem that we all have to face together. To play our part to face this crisis, we are reducing our SMS rate to Japan.

We also reduce our call rate to Japan  by around 30% for our users in Singapore and Hongkong.

Though it’s not that much, we hope that this will help you to contact your friends and families who might be affected by the disaster. If you think that there’s more we can do, please contact us at support@hoiio.com.

You can find complete information regarding the Japan earthquake and resources for those in need at Google’s Crisis Response page in English and Japanese.

Our plan is to push new features and bug fixes to the market as fast as possible. That means our app will be updated quite regularly. Therefore, make sure that you download the latest app from the app store.

What’s New

1. Free SMS Invitations for your friends

To reap the benefits of Hoiio Chat, you need to ask your friends to download the app. You can share Hoiio Chat through Facebook, Twitter and text messages. However, we realise that sending text messages in some countries can be expensive. Therefore, we are are providing 30 free text messages to invite your friends to download Hoiio Chat.

Let’s start to invite your friends and families overseas to use Hoiio Chat.

2. Updates on Group Activities

Okay, Tarzan has changed his group chat nickname to BigHead. Clark has left the group and Parker has joined the group. Sounds confusing? No worries, we’ll write these down for you.

3. Repair Contacts

We’ve heard some feedback from our users that they can’t see their friends who have downloaded the app in the Hoiio Chat contact list. This happens because your phone’s regional setting and the mobile number you use to register are not the same.

If this issue happens to you, just click the Repair Contacts button in Settings.

And many bug fixes.

Update  your Hoiio Chat from App Store now.

Hoiio Open API is here. Now you can enable your Web and Mobile App to make calls, sing songs, send love SMS and more. For the first examples, Hoiio has provided examples on how to secure your website with 2nd Factor Authentication via SMS Token.

Check it out at developer.hoiio.com … Cheers =)

Hoiio Chat is a brilliant app for planning group outings, sharing private conversations and staying connected to your loved ones. All these and more for FREE! Check out this video to learn more. Cheers =)

Writing a thank you blog to Apple for the Ang Bao delivered from Cupertino for the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is a very pleasant surprise from the cool guys @ Apple and sincerely appreciated by Team Hoiio. Cool way to start a new year =)

New App for the New Year ^_^ Cheers to all