Recipe using Quicksy

You want to use your phone number in your instant messaging app?
This is the right recipe for you! You will use the ingredient Quicksy.

Details

Please be aware of the following requirements:

Preparation time:
10 minutes

Difficulty:
Beginner

Ingredients:
Download the app Quicksy from the Play Store (Android) or alternatively from the App Store (iOS).
Advanced Android users can also download the ingredient using F-Droid (Android).

As soon as you meet the requirements, you can start the preparation.

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Preparation

The preparation is very easy and is separated in three steps:

Step 1:
Register your phone number using the app Quicksy and confirm the number by entering the code received by SMS.

Step 2:
Set a displayname which you want to use in Quicksy (e.g. your first name or nickname). The Android version of Quicksy directly asks for a displayname. If you are using iOS, you need to go to settings to find your account details and set the displayname.

Step 3:
Let’s see who of your contacts is a registered Quicksy users. The easiest way is to give Quicksy the rights to read your address book – but you don’t have to. You can also add contacts manually if you know their chataddresses.
By the way: You also have a chataddress. It is composed of your phone number followed by @quicksy.im. An example-chataddress for a German cellphone number would be: +491729925904@quicksy.im

Note
There is also a German video tutorial for installing Quicksy: German Quicksy-Tutorial (Android) and German Quicksy-Tutorial (iOS-Version).

Bon appetit! You made a big step and are now more digital independent.

And once you #DIDit – Share this recipe and inspire other people to enhance their digital independence!

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