Quickstart
Fastest path to first success: install → create identity → protect your phrase → send a sealed 1-to-1 chat.
Age: 13+ (optional Bitcoin wallet: 18+)
Platforms: Android and iOS · Download from buzzio.dev
Prerequisites
- A phone that can install Buzzio from the store linked on buzzio.dev
- A private place to write down a 12-word recovery phrase and your Buzzio ID
- Optional: allow notifications if you want message and call alerts
Buzzio does not require a personal phone number or email as your account.
1. Install
Follow Download and requirements, or:
- Open https://buzzio.dev.
- Download Buzzio for your phone.
- Install and open the app.
2. Create your account
- Choose create a new account (or restore — see below).
- The app generates a 12-digit Buzzio ID and a 12-word recovery phrase on your device.
- Write both down offline (paper or a password manager you trust).
- Confirm in the app that you saved the phrase.
- Set your display name (first name required; last name optional).
Buzzio never receives your recovery phrase or private messaging keys. There is no “forgot phrase” reset.
3. Send your first sealed chat
- Open Chat.
- Start or open a 1-to-1 conversation with someone (Buzzio ID, username, or invite flow as shown in the app).
- Send a message.
What just happened (technical mental model):
- The message is end-to-end encrypted on your device.
- Servers relay ciphertext briefly, then delete on delivery.
- Readable history stays in an encrypted local database on your phones.
Details: 1-to-1 chat · Message delivery
4. Optional next steps
| Goal | Where |
|---|---|
| Understand sealed vs shared features | Sealed vs shared |
| Place a voice/video call | Encrypted calls |
| Time-limited anonymous QR chat | Whisper private chat |
| Move phones later | Enable encrypted backup and store the backup recovery key |
| Read privacy claims carefully | Why Buzzio privacy |
Restore on a new phone
- Install Buzzio → choose restore / sign in.
- Enter Buzzio ID + 12-word phrase.
- That restores identity and keys.
- Private chat history returns only if you unlock an encrypted backup with your backup recovery key.
Phrase ≠ backup recovery key. See Account and backup and FAQ.
If something fails
- Lost phrase before saving → you cannot recover that identity; create a new account.
- Message not delivering → Troubleshooting and FAQ.
- Hit a send or create limit → Premium and quotas.
- Need a human → Contact.