Friendz App

Friendz is the iPhone/iPod Touch version of the popular mac app. Friendz shows you which of your Xbox 360 friends are online on Xbox Live.

You can then check what they’re doing, view your messages and send new messages to anyone in your friends list. (You need a Xbox Live Gold Membership to send messages, but you can still view them with an Xbox Live Silver Membership).

Friendz is different from the other Xbox Live apps because it doesn’t require you to add your friends manually, it will also work if your friends are set to private.

Friendz will also download your friends’ gamer pictures and display them neatly next to the player. That’s great, but what if you have a lot of friends?

Even over 3G it would take a while to download everything, so Friendz grabs the gamer pictures in the background and loads them in as they are received. This means you can still see what your friends are doing, even if things are still loading.

Friendz AUTOMATICALLY refreshes your Xbox 360 Friends List and messages every 30 seconds (customisable in the “settings” app). This means you don’t have to look for a refresh button anywhere.

The Review

Features

• View your Xbox Live friends list without adding anything manually.
• See what all of your friends are doing in an up-to-date list.
• View your friends’ personal information (name, location, bio)
• View your friends’ avatars.
• Complete friends list management (accept/reject requests, send new requests, remove friends you no longer want).
• Compare achievements with anyone in your friends list.
• Send and Receive messages to anyone (even if they’re not in your friends list) without having to leave the app.
• Really native looking UI.

Requirements

• An account at Xbox.com.
• An internet connection.