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SKYMATE - Touch Real Connect: one-tap VPN for Android
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- One-tap connection to a chosen location
- Encrypted connection set up through Android's VPN Service
- Keeps running in the background once connected
- Built around home, travel and public Wi-Fi use
- Developer states no collection of browsing or traffic data
- Setup described as choosing a location, then connecting
What SKYMATE is for and who it suits
Anyone looking at a VPN is deciding whether to send their phone's traffic through another company's servers, and wants to know what that means for setup and for trust. SKYMATE, published by DreamCall Network under the full name SKYMATE - Touch Real Connect, is a VPN for Android built around one action: choosing a location and connecting. The developer says it is meant for three situations, being at home, travelling, and using public Wi-Fi.
The description presents the app as having no complicated setup and no extra screens to get through. That points it at someone who wants a connection rather than a set of options to configure. The listing shows more than 100,000 installs on Google Play.
Connecting to a location in one tap
The main task is choosing a location from inside the app and then connecting. The developer says the connection is made in seconds and that the interface is clean. Nothing else is described as needed before the connection is active.
Once connected, the developer says the encryption works quietly in the background while you carry on with other things. The practical result, on the developer's account, is a connection you set up once per session and then leave alone.
How the encrypted VPN connection is set up
SKYMATE uses Android's VPN Service to create a device-level connection. According to the listing, that connection is only established after you give explicit authorisation. The developer says the service is used solely for encrypted network communication, connection stability and privacy protection.
Because the connection is described as device-level, the encryption is presented as covering the phone's network traffic in general, not one app at a time. That is the scope the developer gives, and it is the detail most relevant to someone using public Wi-Fi.
Running in the background and what it does not collect
The developer describes the VPN as working quietly in the background, so the app is meant to be left running without much attention once it is on.
On data, the developer states that SKYMATE does not collect, monitor, record or store personal data, browsing activity or network traffic. It also says the VPN is not used for data collection, analytics or monetisation. These are the developer's statements, attributed here rather than checked.
About this APK
The build we hold is SKYMATE - Touch Real Connect 1.0.1 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.0 and up.
- Version
- 1.0.1
- 101
- Requires Android
- 7.0+
- Size
- 23 MB
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.skymate.live
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 18 declared
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 0e8f354b142ea187b7f333f6c065ca17f5c2b6007253f747fc2432322addc788
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