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All tests and news from connect in one app - including speed test and personal "network weather"! Connect is Europe's largest magazine for telecommunication - here you are right, if you are app via app for the latest in terms of smartphones, tablets, mobile computing, home networking and navigation. How fast are you on the move? Together with connect and our partner umlaut insight GmbH, test your internet connection with your smartphone. The connect app gives you everything you need to get up to speed on telecommunications. • News: Here you will learn about the latest trends in digital life - all products, tariffs and gadgets. • Testing: Only connect puts smartphones, tablets & Co. through their paces in the lab. We show you what is really in the devices. • Purchase advice: Let us advise you optimally and independently before your next purchase of technology. The expert knowledge of our editors will help you to find the right device for sure. • Guide: The 10 best tricks for your smartphone? We give you all the tips to make your digital life easier. • Apps: Which app organizes my day best? Which app do I take off best? Our rankings give you a detailed overview of all the major app categories - and of course before you have to buy an app. features: • Comment the articles • Share the articles • Download the articles to be able to read them in offline mode Network Weather: The personal "network weather" measures the wireless signal strength, data transfer speed and other metrics on your smartphone and helps you to accurately evaluate the advertising statements of the network operators. Speed ​​test: Test your Internet connection together with our partner, the umlaut insight GmbH, whether you are outside, indoors, on public transport, in the train, in the car, etc. Save your test results and find out where to surf the fastest with your smartphone. Connection Test: NEW: When the connection test is switched on, the availability of an Internet connection is regularly measured. It is determined, for example, whether the network operator used provides a mobile service at the place of the test, whether it comes via the GSM, UMTS or LTE network and which receive level is present. Through your help, we can create a coverage map of the individual network operators throughout Germany, which also works out the previously missing from many connect readers missing regional peculiarities. Feedback: Do you have suggestions on how we can make the app even better for you as a user? If yes, then contact us by mail at [email protected]. Data protection: Data protection is very important to us, so we assure you that all your data will be treated with the utmost care by us, as well as by our partner, the umlaut insight GmbH, and any abuse will be excluded. Explanation of permissions: Network communication> Full network access Necessary for retrieving connect.de content and executing speed tests Location> GPS and network-based location System tools> Access additional location provider commands Geographical assignment of speed tests Memory> Read SD card contents Memory> Change and delete SD card contents Necessary for offline caching of articles and the retrieval of Google Maps map data About your apps> Get active apps Allows us to create anonymous statistics on app usage Calls> phone status and identity Allows the discovery of phone information such as signal strength and mobile network operator Network communication> Call up network connections, call up WLAN connection Allows the determination of the current data connection when running a speed test