You forgot to charge your phone overnight. You’ve been out all day without a charger. You’ve been playing on your apps for too long. There are many reasons why your phone battery dies quickly, and there are many ways to save your battery so you can stay connected and stress-free throughout the day. We rounded up 5 apps that will drain your battery the fastest.

  1. Snapchat

We all know how much fun Snapchat is — it quickly becomes part of our daily routine. However, this fun app is the number one killer of cell phone batteries. Major memory usage is drained as well with Snapchat. Be careful: Just because the photo is erased from the app after 24 hours doesn’t mean the app isn’t consuming most of your internal storage. The constant check ins, streaming, messaging, photo and video creation, and networking drains batteries very quickly.

  1. Google Maps

It is one of the most useful apps and can truly save your day, but in doing so, it can also make your day take a turn for the worse by killing your battery. Google Maps follows you around wherever you go (for better or worse) which uses a lot of battery. Even when you’re traveling and your phone is on airplane mode, that little blue Google Maps dot still follows you. Most of the time it’s super helpful to find your way, but once your battery is dead, you’re officially lost.

  1. Netflix

Netflix is one of those apps we can’t live without. Whether you’re commuting, lounging around, waiting for an appointment, or just bored at work, Netflix fills the void of wasted time. However, we recommend that if you’re not near a cell phone charging station, you should stay away from Netflix until you’re safely near a power source. This app is one of the most dangerous for consuming battery since it is constantly streaming.

  1. Facebook / Messenger

Facebook and its subsidiary app Facebook Messenger can drain your battery very quickly. We all like to check in on Facebook, and with Messenger, you can quickly send messages to your friends and check out their day. But beware that after even as much as 10 minutes of social networking, your battery could be drained up to 20%.

  1. Amazon Shopping

Amazon’s app has made it so easy to sign on and buy what you need, that it could be considered dangerous not only for your cell phone battery, but also for your wallet. Searching products, comparing prices, adding things to your cart — they all seem like normal, harmless processes. But Amazon Shopping can quickly kill your battery.

Sure, you might be a Sudoku whiz or Queen of the Crosswords, but just how mentally fit are you?

Studies have shown that participating in varied mental activities can help improve memory and even make you more efficient in your everyday tasks. While puzzles can certainly be a great way to work the most complex organ we’ve got, you might not always have a newspaper in hand. Here are 4 smartphone apps that offer fun and motivating exercises that will help get your brain moving.

Lumosity

In almost every list we found, Lumosity made the cut—for good reason, too! This app was developed by a team of experts, from neuroscientists to visual artists. It offers over 50 different games that focus on memory, attention span, flexibility, and problem solving. The games even aim to help improve your processing speed.

From finding the odd one out to serving up coffees in a video cafe, these games are fun and simple exercises that, with daily practice, may have a positive impact on your cognitive skills. Lumosity tracks your progress and even shows you how you stack up against others. You can purchase a monthly subscription to unlock all of the games and benefits, or you can sign up for a free basic membership which gives you access to several different activities each day.

Headspace

When it comes to active brain training, meditation has been proven time and time again to produce measurable changes, both physically and psychologically. Even practicing meditation just a few days a week can help improve your concentration and attention span, allowing you to increase focus and remember information better. It’s also a great way to help reduce stress and anxiety. For those with depression and addiction, maintaining a regular meditation practice has been shown to reduce the symptoms associated with these issues and improve one’s personal perception and feelings.

While it may seem contradictory to pick up your phone when beginning your meditation practice, Headspace is trying to make it worth your while. This app is designed to help you learn and develop a healthy and mindful practice that will benefit your health in many ways. Headspace breaks meditation down into ten minute sessions for each day. You can start with ten free sessions chosen from a variety of topics. Pick the ones that fit with your current lifestyle, your current mood, or try something new. Headspace will track your daily progress and even offers a “buddy system” that lets you connect with others who are also practicing mindfulness, as well as rewards for your progress.

Happify

It’s not surprising that our happiness is a topic studied by scientists and psychologists. What makes us happy is a question as old as time. Through fun and inspiring games and activities, Happify is trying to help its users build healthier habits and feel better.

Created by a team of positive psychology experts, authors, meditation teachers, and researchers, this app focuses on bringing fundamental elements from positive psychology to its users so that they can live a more happy and meaningful life. By focusing on each person’s strengths, the activities on Happify can help eliminate negative thoughts, stress, and anxiety. Happify aims to teach users how to change their habits so that they focus on the positive things in life. This app offers fun quizzes, polls, and even a gratitude journal for you to record your thoughts. With the support of a positive community behind you, you can connect with others and elevate your personal well-being by overcoming the emotional and physical stresses that can often hold you back in life.

Cognito

If you’re looking to get some brain exercises in without feeling like you’re studying for an exam, Cognito is the app for you. Cognito advertises itself as a “secret agent game that trains your brain,” and compared to apps like Lumosity, it has a more cohesive and adventurous aspect to it.

Each day, you’ll complete personalized missions that focus on five core elements of your brain: memory, focus, speed, adaptability, and reasoning. Cognito also lets you play and compete with friends, offering a bit of friendly competition and encouragement. If you’re looking to see how other aspects of your life affect your mental agility, this app will give you information about how your physical activity and even your sleeping schedule can have an impact on your brain’s functioning by pulling out data from the Apple Health app on your phone.

Nowadays, the best part about summer travel is the mobile connectivity. It ensures that though one is disconnected from a regular routine, they will never loose touch with family, friends, and work. It gets better with some of the top new travel apps making your summer travels safe, monitored, cheap and instantly shareable.

Esplorio: Create An Automatic Travel Journal

This handy app allows you to create a travel journal and helps share it with your friends and family. The Esplorio travel app is best suited for travelers who are the first citizens of social media. The app automatically collects the location of the traveler, aggregates social content shared by them and combines it with the camera images they have captured on the vacation. Even before you know, your travel journal is ready with all the relevant details. The travel app also helps to create a travel postcard that can be sent to friends and family.

Hopper: Tracking the Cheapest Ticket Hours

Hopper is the most intelligent travel companion and its free to download and use. The app tells you the best time for the cheapest fare to any destination. The app creates a multi-month, color-coded scheme that allows users to quickly and easily pin point the best rates.

Bring Fido: Travel with your Pet

Traveling but don’t want to leave your lovable pet at home? Try Bring Fido, an app which helps you locate pet-friendly beaches, hotels, restaurants and parks. It is a free and easy to use!

Smart Traveler: Stay Alert

For those traveling outside of their comfort zone, it’s always smart to stay up to date with alerts. The Smart Traveler app brings security advice and warnings from US Depart of State. Additionally, it keeps the traveler aware of the local laws to ensure one is not caught by surprise.

Periscope: Share it live

Periscope is one of best video streaming apps, which allows you conveniently share your travel adventures with the rest of the world. The app is available directly on the Twitter platform and considered one of the fasted growing consumer apps.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including Smartphone apps at SXSW 2016

South by Southwest (SXSW) is in full swing right in Austin, Texas. Tons of people are soaking in the music, film, interactive media, and general conferences.  And of course there are a plethora of new hot smartphone apps.

So, which smartphone app will be the biggest and hottest this year?  Time will tell.

Last year, the Y Combinator, Sam Altman, posted the winners to date.

(Here was a Twitter post from Sam Altman (@sama) with the winners listed below)

SXSW winners:

2007: twtr

2008: twtr

2009: Foursquare

2010: Foursquare

2011: GroupMe

2012: Highlight

2013: Banjo

2014: Secret

2015: Meerkat

Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, startups have attended SXSW hoping to show off their apps and gain viral traction. Major services like Twitter, Foursquare, and Meerkat all went viral here and kicked off the mobile live-streaming age.

Product Hunt, a top resource for seeking out the hottest new apps, came up with a list of apps that may just be the next big thing.

Here’s what is big and hot at SXSW 2016:

Anchor– Social radio that allows anyone to partake in the discussion. You can broadcast short, two-minute clips and listeners can respond, initiating a conversation like never before.

Shorts– This app lets you share in your friend’s life, even when you can’t be there physically. Follow their camera lens as they use it, checking out their photos, videos, and screenshots as they capture their world.

Roger– A basic tap to talk to your friend, a simple tap to listen. This walkie-talkie app, built by the Spotify people, makes it simple to keep in touch with those most important to you without worrying about the actual distance.

Down to Lunch– It takes one touch for you to set up a lunch date. Or gym date. Or drink date. And more. This one was developed by Stanford students and is used by other Ivy Leaguers and hundreds of other college students across the globe.

Assist – Need an assist(ant)? Send a text, start a conversation, and you can do everything from booking reservations and hotels to ordering tickets and food. Available for Facebook Messenger, SMS, Slack, and Telegram.

Gotta Go!  – Stuck in a boring conversation or awkward first date? Comedian Chelsea Handler can give you the excuse to say “Gotta go!” An excuse generator that lets you set alarms for the perfect cover.

The List App – Join in a positive community and publish your own ideas and expertise. Then take a look at what your friends and leading personalities from entertainment, food, fashion, and more have to say.

Peach – Never lose track of your friends again. And don’t let them lose track of you. Let them know how you feel, what you see, what you think. Of course photos and emoticons are welcome in this connection-making app.

Tribe – Don’t have time to write a long message but you still want to leave a message? Tribe lets you record 15-second videos by tapping and holding a contact’s picture. Then the message is sent. Your friend doesn’t have to be immediately available and you don’t have to type too much.

What will be bigger and hotter next year? Who knows. The future may just be sharing our reality through technology, regardless of distance to those who are important to us.

But apps and smartphones require battery power.  Dead batteries suck.  Thanks to companies like Veloxity there are device charging stations at SXSW and many other venues.

Chelsea Handler’s Gotta Go app gets a hearty round of applause from charging solution company Veloxity.  Even a standing ovation.  Way to go, Chelsea!

Gotta Go, lets you set up a fake phone call or text message that can provide you with an excuse that you, umm, gotta go. It’s perfect if you need to be saved from a monotonous meeting, dreadful date, or tortuous tinder date.

“A bear broke into my car again… I gotta go!”

Comedian, actress, author, television host, and producer Chelsea Handler is known for making people laugh.  With Gotta Go, she’s  made your excuses more believable when you’re trying to get out of uncomfortable conversation.

“I have to pick up my grandmother from the liquor store…  gotta go!”

How does the excuse to leave generator work?

1.Create an excuse – Real calls and texts are sent to your cellphone

  1. Activate and wait – Sit tight for the excuse to arrive
  2. Escape – Receive the message on your cellphone and you gotta go

The app is simple, sleek and smart.  It sends you real SMS messages and places a real phone call as part of the game plan. You’re even greeted with a pre-recorded message from Handler with instructions to help you cut out.

gotta go app

Each of the preset excuses is customizable, from who “sent” the message, to what it says, the timing of the message, and timing of follow-up calls or messages. And you can create your own, too.

Handler has been working with development company, Yeti, to design and build the app.  She’s also friendly with Yeti president and founding partner Tony Scherba.  Together they brought a pitch deck to Silicon Valley to convince investors to make an investment.  They met with Foundation Capital, a well-known venture capital firm in San Francisco that has previously invested in Netflix, online lender LendingClub, and solar company Sunrun, among others.  The whole process, complete with VC pitch is documented in the second episode of Handler’s new documentary, Chelsea Does, on Netflix, which explores marriage, race, the tech industry, and drug use.

The VC firm ended up helping her producers pick out filming locations around Silicon Valley and organizing a mixer so Handler could mingle with members of the tech industry. Chelsea did bring a dog and eight-year-old boy to the meeting.  But of course.

Give Gotta Go a go.  Actually, pressing one of the big, preset squares in the app is far quicker than typing out an actual message.

There’s no fake excuse for a dead battery.

Companies like Veloxity offer a suite of cell phone charging solutions to help retailers, organizations and events keep customers and their apps fully charged. Our charging stations are secure and can charge up to 8 phones with one kiosk.

Veloxity has gathered data and found that more than half of cell phone owners today in the U.S. use mobile banking apps. Mobile banking apps are very convenient as you can perform also everything you can do at a bank at the tip of your fingers.

The data is powerful. More than half (55%) of U.S. cell phone owners made a mobile banking transaction using an app in 2015, according to a new online survey of 1,017 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 4-6 by wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc. and Research firm KRC Research.

The 55% is not just kids!

The study found that 67% of Millennials (consumers ages 18-34), 62% of Generation X (ages 35-49), and 43% of Baby Boomers (ages 50-68) made a bank transaction using a smartphone app in 2015.

Fact: U.S. consumers booking car rides, flights and making purchases via cell phone app increase year over year in 2015.

Mobile banking app adoption continued to grow in 2015, as 23% of U.S. smartphone owners made a mobile bank transaction in app for the first time in 2015, a 70% year-over-year increase from 13.53% in 2014, according to the study.

Products are also being purchased using cell phone apps.

56% of U.S. cellphone owners purchased a product using an app in 2015, and 23% of cellphone owners made a purchase with an app for the first time last year. Broken down by generation: 70% of Millennials made a purchase using an app in 2015, 66% of Generation X and 39% of Baby Boomers.

The survey also revealed:

Purchased a product using a smartphone app in 2015 (56% total)

In addition, 55% of smartphone owners made a mobile banking transaction using an app. The growing adoption of banking apps last year is confirmed in the survey, with 23% of U.S. smartphone owners making a mobile bank transaction for the first time last year; a 70% increase over the previous year.

Made a bank transaction using a smartphone app in 2015 (55% total)

The fastest growing category in the survey was ordering a taxi or car ride, which increased 124% from the prior year. Overall, 22% of adults surveyed used an app to book a ride during 2015, compared to 10% in 2014.

Ordered a taxi or car ride using a smartphone app in 2015 (total 22%)

The survey also found that, among adult smartphone users in the U.S.:

With so many cell phone owners using apps for mobile banking and product purchases, retailers are looking for innovative ways attract consumers. Companies like Veloxity offer a suite of cell phone charging solutions to help brick and mortar places attract and delight customers.

Veloxity picks Kik, Line, WeChat and Viber as the the go-to messaging apps.

The traditional SMS text message as we know it is quickly becoming passé. There’s an explosion of contagious and easy-to-use messaging apps that kids and folks are using today.

WeChat, Line, Kik and Viber and other apps are damn hot, sexy and free..  And that’s not even mentioning the options for voice, video and file-sharing to other users. Check out our favorite mobile messaging apps.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 36% of smartphone owners report using messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Kik or iMessage, and 17% use apps that automatically delete sent messages such as Snapchat or Wickr.   This is actually the first year that the research center has looked at mobile messaging apps as different than regular old texting. The TL;DR is what you likely think: More of us are using the Internet, more of us are using messaging apps, everybody loves Pinterest, and LinkedIn is majorly by white men.  Go figure.

Mobile phone messaging apps will be used by more than 1.4 billion consumers in 2015, up 31.6% on the previous year according to eMarketer’s first ever worldwide forecast for these services.   So this means that means 75% of smartphone users Worldwide will use an over-the-top (OTT) mobile messaging app at least once a month in 2015.

Veloxity’s picks for this coming year’s go-to messaging apps:

Kik

Kik-app

Kik Messenger is a free instant messenger application for mobile devices from Kik Interactive, available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone operating systems. Kik Messenger is modeled after BlackBerry Messenger. The Waterloo, Ontario-based app is a favorite among teens, offering video and its Promoted Chat formats that let brands talk to individual users. Since launching last year, 16 million consumers have swapped 500 million messages via sponsored bots.

Stats:
Global users 240 million
Fun fact Time spent per session: 35 minutes
Brands MTV, K-Swiss, Twentieth Century Fox
What’s ahead in 2016 Better data-based targeting and metrics

Line

line messaging app

Line is a proprietary application for instant communications on electronic devices such as smartphones, tablet computers and personal computers. Line users exchange texts, images, video and audio, and conduct free VoIP conversations and video conferences.

After taking over Japan, Line has its eye on the U.S.—and the budgets of U.S. marketers—in 2016. The app sells sponsored stickers users can send to their friends. Brands can also set up their own accounts, similar to a Facebook or Twitter page. Last week, Amazon used Line for a holiday campaign that asked users to choose between two ugly sweaters. After picking their favorite, consumers could then click to buy the sweater. Line is also working with Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Kodansha to create mini content hubs akin to Facebook’s Instant Articles and Snapchat’s Discover platform.

Stats:
Global users 212 million
Fun fact 2014 revenue: $656 million
Brands Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Amazon
What’s ahead in 2016 Branded emojis, sponsored chats

WeChat

We-chat

WeChat is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011. It is one of the largest standalone messaging apps by monthly active users. This app is a mobile powerhouse in China, boasting more than 600 million monthly users who shop, play games and order takeout via their smartphones. The Tencent-owned platform has a small but growing ad business, with news feed-style placements that require a $30,000 minimum buy.

Stats:
Global users 600 million
Fun fact Tencent’s Q3 2015 revenue: $4.18 billion
Brands Michael Kors, Starbucks, Infiniti

Viber

viber messaging app review

Viber is a mobile application that allows you to make phone calls and send text messages to all other Viber users for free. It is available over WiFi or 3G. Once you and your friends install Viber, you can use it to talk and message as much as you want.After launching its first major U.S. campaign last month, Viber wants to be known as more than a chat app. Similar to Line, marketers can design custom stickers and build a network of fans by setting up official accounts.

Stats:
Global users 664 million
Fun fact Acquired by Japanese Internet giant Rakuten for $900 million in 2014
Brands Spotify, Barclays Center, Mashable

So what’s on the horizon?  More mobile messaging innovation to help inspire and enable truly frictionless conversation entry points that stimulate entirely new forms of digital communication.

Today (2017), Snapchat is ultra popular among preteens and teenagers. It is the go to app to message friends and update people on what they are doing.

Mobile devices obviously need power to enable mobile messaging.  That’s where companies like Veloxity take charge.  Veloxity rents and sells device charging solutions to organizations, events, corporations and venues nationwide.

Thanks to tasty new technology, there are apps for every portion of planning your Thanksgiving meal.

Veloxity is happy to share a roundup of smartphone apps to make your Thanksgiving a bit easier.

Yummly is a great app for finding recipes and reviews. The app pulls recipes from big names like Martha Stewart and even smaller independent blogs.

Vivino is an app and wine community that offers an up to date catalog with prices, stores, regions, grapes and reviews.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen, an initiative of the 12-year-old nonprofit known as StoryCorps, With this free app, you can interview and record the voices and memories of family members.

FridgePal tracks the expiration dates of food items and offers consumer shopping lists, recipes searchable by lists of ingredients, and a meal planner. The app visually separates food contained in refrigerators, freezers, and pantries. It also gives cooks the option of viewing items by type, such as dairy, meals and leftovers, or sauces.

LeftoverSwap can snap a picture of their uneaten food and arrange for pickup with other community members who are interested in their leftovers.

PareUp allows consumers in New York City to purchase unsold food at a discount from a number of various retailers, who in turn increase their revenues by selling food that normally would have been thrown away at the end of the business day.

Spoiler Alert allows food distributors to donate surplus product to charities in Boston, MA. The company offers a secondary market for discounted food sales, which enables new revenue streams, and streamline and simplify the documentation for tax benefits.

Still Tasty will also provide expiration date reminders while also giving users access to a detailed database containing hundreds of food items. The resource takes many variables into account, such as if the item’s store-bought or homemade, open or unopened, and packaging type, giving storage tips accordingly.

Now enjoy black Friday!

Veloxity is a B2B company specializing in providing universal charging kiosks for businesses and events across North America. Veloxity’s phone charging kiosks feature individual lockers that charge virtually every smartphone and tablet. Kiosks have an LCD touchscreen for branding and sponsorships.   Charging kiosks are available for rent and purchase  at https://veloxity.us

 

Siri Alternative App for Android? Why not?

Siri is keeps gaining popularity.  It gained speed, reliability and features with with iOS 7 and iOS 7.1, music identification with iOS 8. Then, with iOS 9, Apple introduced new Proactive features in iOS 9 to make Siri contextually aware, and enhance the Hey Siri feature.

Apple’s Siri is touted as one of the best and most recognizable voice assistant apps you can find for your phone, but sadly it’s only available for iOS devices. However, this has not stopped Android users from experiencing Siri on their devices as many great Siri-like Android applications are available for download on the PlayStore.

The best Siri Apps for Android are the ones which help you in your day to day life.

A good mobile assistant should be helpful while remaining non-intrusive. No one likes a nosy assistant (or back seat driver) right? While Siri may not be considered important by some Apple users, there are those whose lives practically depend on Siri — and if you spend time with him/her maybe somehow you’ll understand why.

The Veloxity Report: Siri Alternative Apps for Android

Almost every app on the list tries to be that compliant nice assistant except for Robin. Robin wants to drive you home by herself. Anyways combine these great apps with a To-Do list and a Notepad and you will not forget anything in your life.

  1. Assistant

Assistant proudly can do nearly everything Siri can do. It’s the ultimate Siri app for Android. Assistant can help you place phone calls, send messages, send invites, set a meeting, and so on. A virtual assistant with great voice recognition, and can even help you with map navigation. But the best part is this: it is absolutely free  to download on Google Play.

  1. Skyvi

Skyvi is offers the ultimate user-friendly experience. It’s a virtual assistant backed by a super simple UX.. Skyvi can do what Siri can do.  The interface guarantees a seamless experience. This app is also free to download on Google Play, but unlike Assistant, Skyvi does help with news.

  1. Dragon Mobile Assistant

Dragon Mobile Assistant allows you to send and receive text messages, post Facebook and Twitter updates, emails and much more – all hands-free – using Nuance’s voice recognition technology. Set reminders, make appointments, and search the Internet without lifting a finger. And yes, you can also download it for free on Google Play.

  1. Iris

Iris started out as a tongue-in-cheek reply to iPhone’s Siri based on it’s name (Siri = Iris). But Iris has grown much bigger than being just a Siri clone. Simply ask iris. what you want to know. Asking how to deal with your breakup to movie recommendations and questions on science, culture, history etc.

  1. AIVC (Alice)

Alice performs all the basic functions like making calls, sending texts, scheduling tasks, setting up alarms, and even learns new commands that you define. All you have to do is define your commands and this virtual assistant keeps all the commands in its memory. You can then use your voice commands to perform all the custom functions on your android smartphone.

  1. Google’s Voice Actions App

Google’s Voice Action app — which is embedded in the Android system itself — requires users to use certain phrases to make their request known to the app. If a user would like to hear a certain song, for example, the app requires him to utter ‘listen to [song title]’ rather than merely saying ‘play [song title]’. If the user fails to use the exact command needed for the voice action app to undertake that specific task, chances are, that request could not be completed by the app — although it might not always be the case.

There certainly are some other apps to try.  And, developers are decidedly coming up with new, dedicated mobile assistant apps that can at least be considered equal to Apple’s Siri.

Veloxity is a B2B company specializing in providing universal charging kiosks for businesses and events across North America. Veloxity’s phone charging kiosks feature individual lockers that charge virtually every smartphone and tablet. Kiosks have an LCD touchscreen for branding and sponsorships.   Charging kiosks are available for rent and purchase  at https://veloxity.us

The mobile payment market continues to grow.  More and more apps let people pay with their phones.

Apple, Samsung, Android and PayPal are cashing in on apps that let people make payments using their phones. Money makes the world go round, but now it’s going mobile.

We already text, shop, get the latest news, play games and check social media on our smartphones, and now they even act as digital wallets because of mobile payment apps.

Users can upload their credit card info to each service, some will even scan cards using the smartphone’s camera. No more paper and no more typing. Whenever a purchase is made, the apps require a password or PIN number for security. Most systems use near field communication (NFC), so people just have to tap their phones at point-of-sale terminals. With a system this easy, it seems like we’ll be waving “goodbye” to wallets in no time.

Here’s a guide on which stores you can shop at without handing over plastic or paper.

Apple Pay

Launched just a year ago, Apple Pay has the most retailer support and is available on every iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apple has deals in place with three major credit card companies: Visa, MasterCard and American Express. They also plan on adding Discover this fall.

To see the full list of banks that support this new form of payment, click here. You’ll find a long list, but a few larger banks are Bank of America, Capital One, TD Bank, We;ls Fargo and Western Union.

As far as Apple Pay and retailers, there are hundreds of thousands of restaurants, hotels and grocery stores who accept this payment. Some of the bigger names are Macy’s, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Walgreens and Best Buy. There are rumors that Home Depot and Target could soon add Apple Pay as well.

Android Pay

Formerly known as Google Wallet, Android Pay is also an NFC-based payment system with support from credit and debit card companies like American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, Bank of America, Navy Federal Credit Union, PNC, Regions, USAA and U.S. Bank.

Soon, it’ll be accepted at hundreds of stores and many of those also accept Apple Pay. Check out the full list here.

Chipotle and Domino’s don’t accept Apple Pay, but play nice with Android.

Samsung Pay

This payment system hasn’t even gotten off the ground yet, but rumors suggest Samsung Pay will be released in about a month with the Galaxy Note 5. Like Apple and Android Pay, Samsung will also use NFC technology, but has magnetic Secure Transmission which will allow it to work at registers that don’t support NFC payments.

Samsung has deals in place with MasterCard and Visa, and is negotiating with American Express, Bank of America, Chase, Citi and U.S. Bank. Samsung claims their version of mobile payment has the potential to be accepted by 30 million merchants. That’s a lot of retailers where you won’t have to worry about cash or credit anymore.

PayPal

Last but not least is the oldest one of the bunch – PayPal. This app lets users track their balance, make purchases and send funds to friends. Credit card info is also loaded into the app by camera, and users confirm purchases by logging into their account with a username and password or PIN. There are 1,063 stores that accept PayPal, and that list includes Apple Stores, Best Buy, eBay, Target.com and Walmart. Soon, Subway will be added to the list.

It’s starting to look like cash might not be king anymore. These new apps are so popular because they’re so convenient. While people won’t have to worry about leaving their wallet at home or having enough cash, they will have to make sure their phones are fully charged. Veloxity offers phone charging kiosks with lockers that you can buy or rent for your business. With everything going digital don’t be left behind with a dead phone. Find a local Veloxity charging station and get back on track.