Zap photos and videos to friends

Droid Zap lets you send photos and videos to friends nearby and catch what they send. The free app is installed on your phone, and you can share it with friends who use any Android devices.

Zap to friends

  1. Open the photo or video and swipe up with two fingers.

  2. When you zap content, you’ll get a notification, hear a tone (when sound is on), and feel vibration (always).

  3. To stop sharing before the session expires, touch on the notification.

Catch a zap

  1. To look around for zaps to catch, swipe down with two fingers on any screen.

    When Droid Zap catches content, you’ll hear a notification tone (when sound is on) and see a message on your screen.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • If the content is locked, enter the code from the sender to receive it.
    • To open received content, touch the card.
    • To delete without opening it, touch > .

Lock content

For more privacy, lock content you send with a randomized code:

  1. Touch > Droid Zap.
  2. Touch All options or references were filtered out. > Settings.
  3. Check Lock things I share.

The next time you zap content, a code will show on the screen and on the notification. Recipients need the code to unlock the content.

Automatically share photos with a group

Want to send a series of photos to a group without sending each photo individually? Set up a Zap Zone:

  1. Touch > Droid Zap.
  2. All options or references were filtered out.
  3. Touch > New Zap Zone.
  4. Give your invitation a title and modify the lock code if desired.
  5. Swipe up with two fingers to share the invitation.
  6. To stop sharing the Zap Zone, on the notification, touch End Zap Zone.

Share Droid Zap with friends

Share the free Droid Zap app with your friends who use Android devices.

  1. Touch > Droid Zap.
  2. Touch All options or references were filtered out. > Share Zap app.

Control when Droid Zap is used

Droid Zap can transfer content over Wi‑Fi and mobile networks. To reduce data consumption, set it to transfer over Wi‑Fi only.

  1. Touch > Droid Zap.
  2. Touch All options or references were filtered out. > Settings.
  3. Touch When to share/catch > Over Wi‑Fi only.

View Droid Zap history

Quickly access zaps you've sent and received.

  1. Touch > Droid Zap.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • To show only photos or only videos, touch > Photos or Videos.
    • To show all zaps, touch Zap Activity.