Use Tango on Android

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Tango is a free Android app that you can use to make free voice and video calls to other users of the Tango app. You can also use Tango to make free international calls to people in more than 80 countries around the world. The best part is, it’s easy to use! Remember, though, that you can only chat and call with people also using Tango.

Steps

Creating a Tango Profile

  1. Launch Tango. Locate the red app icon with the white letter “T” on it on your home screen or app drawer. Tap to launch.
  2. Enter your phone number into the field on the welcome screen. When you’re done, tap the checkmark to proceed.
  3. Create a profile. You can either create a profile using your Facebook account or Gmail account.
    • Use your Facebook account by tapping the “Get from Facebook” button at the top. Log into your Facebook account using the pop-up that appears, and tap “OK” to create your account.
    • If you want to use your Gmail account, enter your first name and last name into the provided fields below the Facebook button, and type in the Gmail email add. Most of the time, though, these fields will already be filled out by Tango, as it will get the Gmail you used for the Android device. Tap the checkmark to create your account.

Inviting Friends to Join Tango

  1. Swipe from the left of the screen. This will open the app menu. You can also tap the three-bar icon at the top left to open the same menu.
  2. Tap “My friends” from the options. A list of your phone’s contacts will be displayed.
    • Tango automatically syncs your phone contacts, including the Facebook or Google contacts saved in your device’s phonebook.
  3. Tap the “Invite” tab at the top right of the screen. A list of your friends who are not Tango users will be displayed. Each name will have a checkbox to the right of it.
  4. Check each contact you’d like to invite to Tango. You can select as many as you want. If you want to invite all, tap the “Select All” option in the black bar at the bottom of the screen.
  5. Tap “Send Invite” at the bottom when you’re done. Each of your selected contact will receive an SMS inviting them to use Tango.

Discovering People on Tango

  1. Open the menu and select “Discover People.” A page will open with different Discover options: My Contacts, Shake, You May Know, People Nearby, Popular People, and Around the World.
  2. Discover Tango users from your contact list. This will open your Tango Contact list (friends in your device contact list who uses Tango). Scroll down the list and check out who on the list can video chat with you and who can only chat via SMS.
    • Tango contacts that can video chat has a video icon next to their name. Contacts with only the chat icon can only chat via SMS.
  3. Discover through Shake. Tap the “Shake” option in the Discover People page. Shake is a new feature on Tango that you can use just by shaking your device. Give it a try to shake your device a bit. It will vibrate, and show you some people who are “shaking” in Tango.
    • Swipe left or right to view the Shake list. It will display the user’s profile picture and name, as well as the user’s distance from you in kilometers.
    • If you find somebody you’d like to befriend, tap on his/her profile picture and you will be taken to his/her page. Chat with him/her by tapping the chat icon below his/her cover photo.
    • If you don’t find anybody whom you’d like to befriend, shake your device again to refresh the list.
  4. Check the “People You May Know” list. On the Discover People page, tap “People you may know.” Tango will show you people you may know based on mutual friends of your contacts. If you find somebody you’d like to befriend, just tap the add icon next to the person’s name.
    • If you want to view the list in tile format (tile format displays only the users’ profile pictures as tiles on the screen), tap the tile icon at the bottom right corner of the screen.
  5. Check people nearby. Want to discover only those people near your area? Just tap the “People nearby” option on the Discover People page. Tango will start searching for people near your location and display their profile pictures as thumbnail tiles on your screen. Their distance from you will be included just beneath the profile picture.
    • Tap on a picture to view the user’s page. You can tap on the chat icon on his/her page to begin chatting with him/her.
    • To view all the people in list format instead of tile format, tap the list icon at the bottom right of the screen.
  6. Discover the people popular on Tango. Select “Popular people” on the Discover People page, and Tango will list people who are popular on Tango in your country or location.
    • Like the other options, just tap on the user’s profile picture to view his/her page, and tap the chat icon to begin chatting with him/her.
    • To view popular people at other locations, just tap the “Change location” field and enter the location you want to check out. When the map zooms to the new location, tap “Find people from this location” and Tango will list Tango users from that particular area.
    • To view all the people in list form instead of tile format, tap the list icon at the bottom right of the screen.
  7. Find people around the world. On the Discover People page, tap the last option: “Around the world.” A map will open with your location displayed. Above the map is a search box where you can enter the country you want to check out.
    • Enter the new location into the search box, and when the map zooms there, tap the “Find people around this location” button at the bottom. Tango will then list Tango users from that particular area.
    • Tap on a picture to view the user’s page. You can tap on the chat icon on his/her page to begin chatting with him/her.
    • To view all the people in list form instead of tile format, tap the list icon at the bottom right of the screen.

Chatting

  1. Access the app menu. Do this by swiping from the left or tapping the three-bar icon at the top left of the screen
  2. Select “My friends” from the menu. This will direct you to the “Friends” tab listing your Tango contacts.
  3. Tap on the chat icon next to a friend’s name. This will open a chat window for that particular friend.
  4. Start chatting. Just as you would a regular SMS, just enter your message in the chat box. When you’re done, tap the right arrow to send the message. Your message thread will be shown in the window at the top part of the screen. Just wait for your friend to reply.
  5. Send images to your friend. If you want to send an image as a chat message, you can do so by tapping the camera icon just below the chat field. Your device’s camera roll will open.
    • Scroll through your pictures and tap on the one you want to send to your friend. When you’ve selected all the pictures you want to send, tap the checkmark at the top.
    • Depending on how many photos you’re sending, this could take just a few seconds to a couple of minutes.
  6. Do a video chat. From you Tango contact list, locate a friend with the video icon next to his/her name. Those friends with the video icon are the only ones whom you can video chat with.
    • Once you tap the video icon, Tango will start calling your friend. If he/she picks up, you will be able to see him/her on the screen of your device as you chat.
    • To end a video chat, just tap the red phone icon at the bottom of the screen.

Making Calls

  1. Go to your My Friends page. Open the app menu, and select “My Friends” from the options.
  2. Select a friend to call. From your Tango contact list, tap on a friend’s profile picture to access their page.
  3. Call your friend. Tap the phone icon on the middle of the screen. Tango will start calling your friend. Wait for him/her to answer. When you’ve finished your call, end it by tapping the red phone icon at the bottom of the screen

Making International Calls

  1. Go to your My Friends page. Open the app menu, and select “My Friends” from the options.
  2. Tap the “Tango Out” tab at the top. Tango Out is a new international call feature of Tango. In this tab you will see all your contacts with international numbers.
  3. Earn minutes. To make international calls, you have to use minutes. When you first use the app, you’ll be given free 50 minutes. Once you run out of minutes though, you can earn more by tapping the green “Earn minutes” at the top of the Tango Out tab.
    • On the Earn More Minutes page, you’ll have a few options in order for you to earn minutes. The number of minutes you will earn by accepting the options is listed next to the option name. For example, you can earn 15 more minutes if you play the web game Washing Colors.
    • Select an option and tap on it. You will be given instructions on how to earn the minutes. When you’re ready, tap the “Earn minutes” button at the bottom.
  4. Make international calls. Each international contact on your Tango Out list will have a phone icon to the right of his/her name. Tap this icon, and Tango will begin calling him/her.
    • To end a call, just tap the red phone icon at the bottom of the screen.