Samsung GALAXY S5 Complete Manual page 64

The apps
You'll use it to...
Write messages
Send message to friends and family
Get info from Contacts
Bypass Buddy registration and get friends'
details directly from the Contacts app
Group chats
Invite a selection of friends to a group chat
Broadcast messages
Send out a message to all of your contacts
Share media
Send multimedia messages such as video,
images and GPS tags
Send animations
You can attach special animated messages
Fig 1 (right) You can speak one-on-one or
access news channels via ChatON
Fig 2 (above) A range of information can be
collected on a Buddy Page
ChatON
ChatON
Samsung's instant messaging app ChatON is a fully
featured service with plenty of style
Samsung's IM app
ChatON is a brilliant instant
messaging service that
you can use to start a
conversation with anyone
in your Contacts app who is
also on the service, or invite
a group of them so that
you can all speak together
at once, as well as send a
range of multimedia fi les
along with special animated
messages to boot.
Add a Buddy
One of the most notable
functions available in
Samsung's ChatOn
messaging service is the
one that enables you to add
a Buddy from your Contacts
list. If the related phone number belongs to a ChatON user, then it
will be automatically shown in your Buddy list. You are also able to
search for people to add as Buddies using their Samsung account
email address.
Alternatively, you can choose to add a Buddy manually. In
order to do so, tap on the Buddies button seen at the top of
the screen, and then tap on the + sign just to the right of the
Search window at the top of the screen. Having done this, four
new buttons will appear. Type your Buddy's phone number by
tapping on Phone number and inserting the number in the
Enter phone number box. If your contact doesn't have ChatON then
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