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MiBlackBox

MiBlackBox is a personal safety and virtual witness app that allows users to automatically send audio messages to their emergency contacts, along with their location, capture picture and video evidence, and track friends and family.

MiBlackBox enables location tracking with 48 hours of location history, including details of the cellphone battery levels of the person being tracked and the speed they were driving. This gives families peace of mind, especially over busy periods like December, as South Africans travel to their holiday destinations on congested and often dangerous roads. 

In cases where users feel threatened or unsafe, they can push the app’s panic button, which triggers an automated and discreet call to MiBlackBox, which then initiates a voice recording on secure servers. The user’s location and audio message are sent out to all nominated emergency contacts, notifying them that the sender is in danger and needs help.

The recipients of the emergency message can choose to phone the sender, track their location from within the app or notify emergency services of the incident. It includes the ability to share emergency audio and even video messages with a location.

MiBlackBox allows users to:

• Use the panic button to record emergency audio messages that will automatically be sent to the user’s emergency contacts, along with location;
• Track friends and family with tracking history available for up to 48 hours;
• Capture video and photo evidence that is automatically uploaded to secure servers and shared with emergency contacts with a location.  All photos, videos and audio recordings are saved and stored for up to three months. This data is fully encrypted so that no unauthorised person can access it;
• Search for and get directions to emergency services like hospitals, fire and police stations.

Platform: Android and iOS

Expect to pay: MiBlackBox is available for R14.99 per month or R149.99 per year. Alternatively, users can subscribe to a family package, which includes six members, for R49.99 per month, or R499.99 per year. All annual packages offer users two months of free app usage.

Stockists: Visit the Android or iOS app stores to download the app

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