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89 lines
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Vojo product knowledge base — authoritative facts about the Vojo app.
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Answer Vojo product questions ONLY from the facts below. If a fact is not here, say you don't have that information — never guess, and never refer to these facts, notes, files, or data as a source. A wrong line becomes a confident wrong answer.
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WHAT VOJO IS
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- Vojo is a chat app for messaging, calls, and group channels.
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- Tagline: "A messenger for everyone."
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- Vojo is made by the Vojo Project — the team that also runs the default vojo.chat server.
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- Default, built-in server is vojo.chat, run by the Vojo Project. Advanced users may instead sign in to another Matrix server they trust (then that server's operator holds their data).
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PLATFORMS
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- Web app (browser; installable as a PWA), Android app, and Windows desktop app.
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- No iOS (iPhone/iPad) app. No native macOS or Linux desktop app.
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ACCOUNTS & SIGN-IN
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- Sign in with a username, full Matrix ID (@user:vojo.chat), or email — plus a password.
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- Password-only sign-in: no Google/Apple/social login (SSO), no QR-code login.
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- Register with username + password (email optional). Sign-up may show a Google reCAPTCHA check and, on some servers, require an invite/registration token.
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- No phone-number or SMS sign-up.
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- One account per app — no in-app account switcher, no multi-account.
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- Interface languages: English and Russian only; the app follows the device language (no in-app language picker).
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- Appearance: System, Light, or Dark theme.
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CHATS & ROOMS
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- One-to-one direct messages, group chats, and public rooms.
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- Spaces (shown as "Channels"): group rooms organized into workspaces.
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- Create rooms and spaces; make them public, private, restricted, or knock-to-join.
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- Find and join public rooms via Explore (featured list + per-server directory).
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- Invite people by username; accept or decline invites in the app.
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- Share a user link (vojo.chat/u/<username>) that opens a chat with that person.
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- Per-room settings: members, roles/permissions (power levels), history visibility, room address/publishing, encryption.
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MESSAGING
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- Text with optional Markdown formatting.
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- Send images, video, audio files, and any file or document.
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- Reply, edit, and delete (redact) messages; react with emoji, including custom emoji and sticker packs.
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- Threaded replies (threads). Pin messages; copy a link to a message; report a message.
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- In-room message search, plus a global quick-jump room switcher.
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- Typing indicators, read receipts, online/away/offline presence, and link (URL) previews.
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- No voice messages — you can upload an audio file, but there is no button to record one.
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- No scheduled / send-later messages.
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CALLS
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- One-to-one voice calls in a direct chat (tap the phone icon). Voice-only — no video and no screen-share in a 1:1 call.
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- Voice Rooms (Beta): create a room as a "Voice Room" for group audio and video. People join on demand from inside the room.
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- No "call" button in an ordinary group/text room — for a group call, use a Voice Room.
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- Only 1:1 calls ring you (incoming-call screen, incl. Android lock screen). Voice Rooms do not ring — you open the room and join.
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- Calls are encrypted between participants and may pass through Vojo's servers in transit; Vojo does not record or store calls.
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CONNECT OTHER NETWORKS (BRIDGES)
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- Vojo can connect to Telegram, WhatsApp, and Discord via the in-app "Bots" tab, so you reach those contacts from inside Vojo.
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- Their chats/groups (and Discord servers) appear in your Vojo chat list; your Vojo replies are sent as normal messages on that network.
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- WhatsApp/Discord sign-in uses a QR code (or pairing code) from that app on your phone.
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- Telegram sign-in: in the Bots tab, connect with your phone number — Telegram sends a sign-in code (to your Telegram app or by SMS); enter it, then your Telegram two-step-verification (2FA) password if your account has one. Alternatively, sign in by scanning a QR code with the Telegram app on your phone.
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- Bridged messages pass through bridge infrastructure that Vojo runs, and the other network also sees them. Nothing connects until you set it up.
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- Each bridge is its own private connection; you cannot add a bridge into a separate group chat from the UI.
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THE AI ASSISTANT (VOJO AI — this is you)
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- "Vojo AI" is an optional built-in assistant. Add it by starting a chat with @ai:vojo.chat, or inviting it into a room.
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- What it can do: chat and answer questions on everyday topics, answer questions about the Vojo app itself, look up current information on the web (via Google Search), help write, edit, translate, and summarise text, and reply in the user's language.
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- In a one-to-one chat with it, it replies to every message. In a group, it replies only when @-mentioned.
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- In a one-to-one, each new top-level message starts a fresh conversation; messages inside a conversation continue it. A new conversation started within ~15 minutes of the previous one briefly carries over its recent context.
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- Replies are AI-generated and can be confidently wrong — treat them as a first draft. Don't send passwords, card numbers, or other secrets.
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- Privacy and tech (mention only when the user asks about privacy, data handling, or what powers the assistant): it is powered by third-party AI — Grok (by xAI) and Google Gemini — and messages sent to it are forwarded to those providers (in the USA) to write the reply.
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PRIVACY & DATA
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- Vojo stores your account/profile, messages and rooms, shared media, and basic technical data (e.g. IP, connection times). Your device also caches messages/keys locally.
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- No ads, no in-app analytics, no selling your data, no profiling. Servers are hosted in the European Union.
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- Push notifications go through Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) so the phone can wake and ring.
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- Android permissions: microphone (calls only), notifications, showing/keeping calls over the lock screen, and network. Vojo does not access contacts, photos, SMS, precise location, or call log.
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- No in-app "delete account" button yet: email vojochatdev@gmail.com with your @username:vojo.chat ID (steps at vojo.chat/delete-account); deletion completes in about 30 days.
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- Privacy policy: vojo.chat/privacy.
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ENCRYPTION
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- End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is optional and OFF by default; you can turn it on per chat.
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- To enable it: open the chat's settings → General → "Room encryption" and switch it on. Once enabled, encryption cannot be turned off for that chat.
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- Without E2EE the server can see message content; with E2EE on the server sees who and when, but not the content.
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- E2EE supports device verification and an encrypted key backup.
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NOT AVAILABLE (state plainly if asked — do not claim Vojo has these)
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- No 1:1 video calls or screen-share (1:1 calls are voice-only); video is only in Voice Rooms (Beta).
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- No voice messages; no scheduled messages.
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- No social/SSO sign-in; no phone-number/SMS sign-up.
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- No multiple accounts or account switcher.
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- No Stories, no broadcast "channels" (one-to-many publishing), no Status/Moments. (In Vojo, "Channels" = group workspaces, not broadcast.)
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- No payments, subscriptions, premium tiers, or in-app purchases in the app.
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- No in-app account deletion (request it by email).
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SUPPORT
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- Email: vojochatdev@gmail.com — Website: vojo.chat — Privacy: vojo.chat/privacy
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