Tune into any frequency. Anyone on the same frequency hears you.
Free, private, no signup, works on any device with a mic.
Anyone on the same frequency will hear you.
For private chats, use something hard to guess like krishna-2026-secret.
A walkie-talkie works on a push-to-talk model: hold the button, speak, release, and the other person responds. It's faster than a phone call for short exchanges and simpler than a video call when you just need quick voice coordination. This browser-based version recreates that experience — press and hold to talk, release to listen — without any app installation.
Both parties open the tool in their browsers and join the same room using a shared room code. The connection is established peer-to-peer using WebRTC — the same technology used in browser video calls. When you press and hold the talk button, your microphone opens and your voice is transmitted live to everyone in the room. When you release, the channel closes and others can respond.
The push-to-talk model prevents the audio collisions that happen on open mic calls — only one person transmits at a time, which is efficient and clear for coordination. No accounts, no subscriptions, no app downloads required on either side.
Small teams working remotely: Quick voice coordination between team members without the overhead of a full video call. When you need to ask one question or confirm one detail, pressing a walkie-talkie button is faster than dialing or opening Zoom.
Event coordination: Organising an event with multiple volunteers or staff across different locations. Everyone joins the same room, and whoever is coordinating can broadcast quickly to the whole group. Similar to how professional event teams use physical walkie-talkies, but using phones and browsers instead of dedicated hardware.
Family coordination: In a large house, mall, or outdoor space, when phone calls feel like overkill but you need quick voice contact. Open the same room on two family members' phones and use it to check in quickly.
Gaming: Voice communication between teammates during online gaming sessions without setting up Discord or a dedicated voice channel. Quick and temporary.
Hands-free situations: When one person is physically occupied (cooking, fixing something) and needs to communicate with someone else without typing. Hold-to-talk is much simpler than managing a phone call while your hands are busy.
Open the tool, create or join a room. Share the room code with the other party — they open the same tool in their browser and enter the code. Once both are connected, press and hold the talk button to speak. Release to listen. The connection remains active as long as both browser tabs stay open. Close the tab to leave the room.
On mobile, you may need to tap to keep the screen active — phones often lock the screen during extended periods of inactivity, which would mute the audio. Keep the screen on and the browser tab active during use.
Use headphones on both ends to prevent audio feedback (echo). Without headphones, your microphone picks up the speaker output and sends it back to the other party, creating an echo loop.
For the best audio quality, use a quiet environment with a good microphone. A laptop's built-in microphone in a noisy office will produce poor audio that the other party struggles to hear clearly.
Keep both tabs in the foreground and don't let the devices go to sleep during use. Browsers throttle audio processing in background tabs or when the screen is locked.
This is not end-to-end encrypted. The WebRTC connection is encrypted in transit (DTLS), but the signalling server used to establish the connection has visibility into the connection metadata. For sensitive conversations, use a dedicated end-to-end encrypted voice app (Signal, for example).
Audio quality depends on both parties' internet connections and microphone quality. On slow or unstable connections, voice may break up, lag, or drop entirely. If one party is on a mobile network with weak signal, the connection may be unreliable.
Corporate firewalls that block WebRTC or STUN/TURN connections will prevent the peer-to-peer connection from establishing. In these environments, a cloud-based voice tool that routes through a server is more reliable than a P2P solution.
This works for voice only. There's no video, no screen sharing, no file transfer, and no chat. For those features, a proper video conferencing tool is more appropriate.
It's a one-to-many channel based on frequency name. Anyone tuning to the same frequency joins instantly — no calling, no ringing, no contacts. Like a real walkie talkie radio.
Audio is sent peer-to-peer using WebRTC encryption — no server hears or records anything. However, anyone who guesses your frequency can join. For private conversations, use a hard-to-guess frequency name like "krishna-bhakts-2026-private".
Audio quality is best with 2–8 users. Past 8, you may notice quality drops. We hard-cap at 12 users per frequency to prevent overload.
Push-to-Talk means you hold a button (or spacebar on desktop) to transmit. Always-On is like a phone call — your mic is always live unless muted. PTT is better for noisy environments or large groups.
Yes. Tap and hold the big mic button to talk in PTT mode. Always-On mode works exactly like a phone call. Use headphones for best quality.
To transmit your voice. Permission is required by your browser. Audio is processed only on your device and sent encrypted to other users on the same frequency.
Use headphones. Without headphones, your speaker plays the other person's voice and your mic picks it up, creating an echo loop. Echo cancellation is on by default but headphones eliminate it completely.