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The Red Phone on Windows Pc

Developed By: Little Bytes of Pi

License: Free

Rating: 3,0/5 - 83 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.1.0.3
Size	12.5 MB
Release Date	January 04, 16
Category	Communication Apps
App Permissions: Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service. [see more (20)]
What's New: Fixed icons for tablet version.Beta implementation of portrait layout for phone version. [see more]
Description from Developer: The Red Phone is a basic SIP soft phone application. One of our hobbies at Little Bytes of Pi is VOIP telephony. We use a Raspberry Pi and the open source Asterisk telephone se... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download The Red Phone and install on Windows PC. The Red Phone is free Communication app, developed by Little Bytes of Pi. Latest version of The Red Phone is 1.1.0.3, was released on 2016-01-04 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of The Red Phone is 3,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 83 users, 37 users had rated it 5*, 35 users had rated it 1*.

How to install The Red Phone on Windows?

Instruction on how to install The Red Phone on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install The Red Phone on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install The Red Phone using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "The Red Phone" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install The Red Phone on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "The Red Phone" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.1.0.3.

Download The Red Phone 1.1.0.3 on Windows PC – 12.5 MB

The Red Phone is a basic SIP soft phone application.

One of our hobbies at Little Bytes of Pi is VOIP telephony. We use a Raspberry Pi and the open source Asterisk telephone server software to get free home phone service, and we wanted to build a SIP client application to go with it.

The Red Phone is built with the popular Linphone open source software. It has only a few modifications:

- It is painted red to match the colour scheme of our Raspberry Pi
- It only has phone functions; the video and chat features in the Linphone core are hidden.
- You can setup a 'Red Phone Number' to get one button dialing and auto answer from your most important contact.

Fixed icons for tablet version.
Beta implementation of portrait layout for phone version.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to read from external storage.