Zalo APK — Official Messenger for Android

The description of Zalo APK — Official Messenger for Android

The Zalo app on this page is the official free APK from VNG Corporation, the same file Zalo publishes on Google Play, tested on real Android devices by our editors before it went live. Zalo is Vietnam's number-one messenger, with tens of millions of daily users for text, voice and video, and it works across Android, iPhone, PC and web on one account. There is no mod here and none is needed: the app is free, so you download the original and sign in with your phone number.

What is Zalo?

Zalo is a free messaging app from VNG, a Vietnamese tech company, and the name comes from Zing plus alo, the local way of answering a call. You use it to send text messages, make voice and video calls, and run group chats with photos, files and stickers. It is cross-platform: the same account syncs across your phone, tablet, computer and the web, so a chat you start on Android continues on your laptop. Zalo has grown to tens of millions of monthly users and handles around two billion messages a day, most of them in Vietnam but with active communities in the United States, Japan, Korea and Germany too. Beyond plain messaging, Zalo bundles a Timeline feed, business Official Accounts and the ZaloPay wallet, though most people open it for the calls and chats.

Key features

Most of what makes Zalo popular is in the free app:

• Text chats and group chats with photos, files, voice notes and stickers.
• HD voice and video calls, one-on-one or in a group.
• Zalo Timeline, a feed for posts and updates from your contacts.
• Official Accounts, so businesses and services can reach you inside the app.
• ZaloPay wallet for payments and, in Vietnam, several e-government services.
• AI tools such as voice-to-text and message translation.
• Two-factor authentication to protect your account.

Privacy and security

Zalo gives you account controls rather than one blanket setting. You can turn on two-factor authentication, decide who is allowed to message or call you, and hide your Timeline from people you would rather keep out. Disappearing messages let a chat clear itself after a set time. End-to-end encryption is available too, but it is an option you switch on per chat, not something applied to every conversation by default, so turn it on for the chats that matter most.

Is there a Zalo MOD APK?

Short answer: no. Zalo is an official app, and there is no mod version, because there is nothing a mod would add. The app is already free, with no paid features hidden inside the file: messages, calls and groups all cost nothing. Any file sold as a Zalo mod is either a repackaged copy that can get your account blocked or an outright fake carrying malware. Your Zalo account lives on VNG's servers, so a downloaded file cannot change how it behaves, which is why we hand you the plain original APK instead of a modified one.

How to download the Zalo APK

1. Tap the green Download APK button at the top of this page. The file, around 112 MB, downloads directly, with no registration or SMS.
2. Allow installation from unknown sources for your browser or file manager (Settings → Security).
3. Open the downloaded file and tap Install. You need Android 7.0 or newer.
4. Launch Zalo, enter your phone number, confirm the code, and your chats are ready.

You can also install Zalo from Google Play. First time sideloading an app? Our APK install guide walks through the same steps with screenshots.

Tips and customization

A few settings worth changing after you sign in:

• Set who can find you by phone number in Privacy to cut unwanted contacts.
• Turn on the dark theme and pick per-chat notification sounds so you know who is messaging.
• Pin important chats to the top and mute noisy groups.
• Back up your chat history so a new phone picks up where the old one left off.
• Switch the interface language in Settings if you prefer English over Vietnamese.

Want more apps for calls and messages? Browse the communication apps in our catalog. For a Vietnamese-first messenger with a wallet and Official Accounts built in, the original Zalo on this page is the file you want.