Background Video Recorder is an Android app developed by ZenaApps (C-701, Phase-1, Asha Nagar, Off P.K.Road, Mulund West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400080 India). Others apps created by ZenaApps are: Background Video Recorder 2, Night Vision Video Recorder.

Background Video Recorder first became available on 05 Mar 2015. It is estimated that Background Video Recorder has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

Background Video Recorder 1.2 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to modify global audio settings.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps. Very few apps should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.