
Mercury Assist
Your phone is the fastest way to help in any emergency.
Global Choices · coza.globalchoices.mercuryassist
- Signature matches the Google Play version Details
At a glance
- Latest version
- v5.2.8 (2023075028)
- Updated
- Nov 23, 2025 (10 months ago)
- APK size
- 60 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+ (API 21)
- CPU support
- x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
- Category
- Lifestyle (app)
- Listed since
- Oct 22, 2020 (at least)
- Permissions
- 11 (7 sensitive)
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
Mercury Assist is an app by Global Choices in the Lifestyle category, listed since at least October 2020. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
It asks for 11 permissions, 7 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and record audio. Compared with version 5.1.6, it adds 1 new permission: “Call phone”.
What's new in v5.2.8
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
Version history
2 versions are listed, going back to v5.1.6.
Security & authenticity
Signing certificate
- Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Nov 23, 2025.
- Certificate issued to “global choices” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
- Same certificate as the other version checked
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Nov 23, 2025
- Validated against Google Play Nov 23, 2025
- Signed byCN=laurence ward, OU=digital path, O=global choices, L=johannesburg, ST=gauteng, C=ZA
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)33:BC:3E:E4:F5:F6:03:F6:08:73:FC:BC:BA:40:11:4C:9D:7D:38:16
- File MD5f9324b73c2209818c719cfe0e934282a
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (11)
Mercury Assist requests 11 permissions, 7 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Call phone Sensitive android.permission.CALL_PHONE
- Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
- Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
- Access location extra commands android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) coza.globalchoices.mercuryassist.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Microphone android.hardware.microphone
- Telephony (SIM) android.hardware.telephony
Mercury Assist APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the Mercury Assist APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is f9324b73c2209818c719cfe0e934282a.