Update on Android 4.5 Auto-Fill Feature

Hundreds of users were angered that we turned on the feature. Their concern was that while we could allow them to select their address information from their address book we could also look at ANY information in their address book. Google’s permission and explanations tend to create this concern. Google is pretty much the Wild West as compared with Apple and their paper scanner approval process so Android users are very cautious about what they allow apps to do. Anyway, instead of trying to explain to the hundreds of folks complaining (out of millions of users mind you) we decided to turn off the feature. You will have to re-type your shipping and billing information now. Please be sure that we never accessed your address book in the past and now that the auto-fill feature is off we STILL can’t access your address book.

iOS users, you still have the auto-fill feature since we haven’t received a single complaint.

ShopSavvy 4.5 Available on Android and iOS!

It is hard to believe, but have been working on ShopSavvy for three years. Back in July of 2008 ShopSavvy won Google’s Android Developer Challenge and the rest has been history. Today our users on Android and iOS will be happy to learn that ShopSavvy 4.5 is available for download (Android) (iOS).

iOS users in Florida have been un-knowingly beta-testing our latest feature: ShopSavvy Wallet (skip the website to buy from within the phone). In essence we have created a secure wallet inside of ShopSavvy that allows a user to store his or her credit card and ship to information inside of their phone. When the user finds a great deal they simply ‘slide to pay’ and ShopSavvy does the rest. This new feature attempts to remove as much inertia from the buying process as possible.

We will be officially launching this new feature in a week or two (if all goes well). The 4.5 update also fixes a number of bugs and improves performance of the app during scanning, product display and list filtering.

About ShopSavvy

ShopSavvy is the leading mobile shopping assistant, with more than 20 million downloads and 11 million current unique users. ShopSavvy empowers smartphone users to quickly and seamlessly locate, research and buy products at the point of sale. When users scan a barcode or input a product name, they discover where the item is sold locally and online, where it’s in stock and at what price. ShopSavvy aggregates product data, deals, ratings and reviews from retailers, partners and its own users to provide the most comprehensive source of information and advice for mobile shoppers anywhere. For advertisers, ShopSavvy delivers “hyper-relevant” deals, promotions, warranty offers, and other UPC/GPS-targeted content to consumers.