Other Tools to use with Ingress

[ZWarrior]

This will be a thread about the various apps we use with Ingress to coordinate and improve our gameplay.  Feel free to post about your favorite tool, but only if it does not violate the ToS for Ingress. Items like the Ingress Glyph Hacker would not be appropriate since we don't condone cheating.

[ZWarrior]

First up for good apps to use would be Zello PTT Walkie-Talkie.

Ingress is a great game, but since you are stuck in the game trying to take that portal down before the next CP you really don't want to have to switch out to chat and send a text message to your buddy waiting for you to finish so he can through that all important link that will establish the 12Meg MU field. Not only that there are 5 others waiting on your status as well and that portal isn't going down on its own.

Enter Zello.  Load the app, setup your profile, create a channel and invite the others to the channel and viola' instant voice communication.  Think Ventrilo or Mumble for the mobile device.  Just be sure to uncheck the Show on incoming message checkbox under Options to prevent Zello from switching focus to away from ingress right as you fire that last XMP.

Also cool is the fact that the channels can be password protected so even if the other team finds your account they can't get into the channel to hear what you are up to during that operation.

To make it even better be sure to download Zello Overlay to give you a PTT button on your screen so you don't have to switch back and forth to talk.

Developers website: http://zello.com/

Zello PTT Walkie-Talkie
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loudtalks
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zello-walkie-talkie/id508231856?mt=8

Zello Overlay
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zachbarrett.zello
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zello-walkie-talkie/id508231856?mt=8