TalkGroup press kit

Everything you need to write about TalkGroup. For questions, review copies, or TestFlight access, email [email protected].

In one sentence

TalkGroup turns iPhones and AirPods into walkie-talkies that work with no cell service, so friends can talk over the noise at concerts and festivals and keep in touch where there is no signal.

Short description

TalkGroup is a push-to-talk app for iPhone. Phones in a group connect directly to each other, with no cell service, no internet, and no servers. Hold the button, speak, and everyone in your group hears you in their AirPods, even when the music is loud. No accounts, no sign-up. Groups of up to 8 phones.

The story

Anyone who has been to a big concert knows the problem. You can't hear the person next to you, and with fifty thousand phones on one cell tower, your texts take ten minutes to send. TalkGroup was built by a solo developer who wears AirPods Pro at loud shows and noticed that noise cancellation makes a loud room quiet enough to hold a conversation, if only there were a way to talk through them. TalkGroup is that way: a walkie-talkie for your AirPods that needs no network at all.

Facts

• Name: TalkGroup
• Platform: iPhone, iOS 17 or later
• Price: Free, with optional one-time upgrades
• Status: Coming soon to the App Store
• Website: talkgroup.app
• Contact: [email protected]

Features

• Push-to-talk through AirPods, designed for loud places
• Works with no cell service and no internet; Wi-Fi optional
• Join by tapping phones together, scanning a QR code, or opening an invite link
• Groups of up to 8 phones, and you can be in several groups
• One-tap quick signals like On my way and Meet here, with optional location
• Find screen that points you toward a friend who shared their location
• No accounts, no servers, no ads, no analytics
• Encrypted between phones, with safety numbers to verify each other
• Blocking, reporting, and protections for people under 18
• Venue mode: a dark, dim screen for dark venues

Logo and icon

• App icon, 1024 by 1024 PNG
• App icon, 512 by 512 PNG
• Social share image, 1200 by 630 PNG

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