Chat with people around you. No internet needed.
Message your friends nearby — even without signal or Wi-Fi.
Free
Message your friends nearby — even without signal or Wi-Fi.
Free
A familiar inbox for everyone in range. Requests keep strangers at arm's length until you wave back.
Pull your row into one thread. Messages hop phone-to-phone, so the whole group stays in sync — even at 35,000 feet.
Photos travel over the same direct connection. Wing views arrive without a single bar of signal.
Pick a name and an emoji. That's your whole profile — no phone number, no email.
Everyone with Nearby open shows up on your radar.
Send a wave. When they wave back, you're connected phone to phone over Bluetooth.
Nearby works even while in background. Range is about a plane cabin, a train car, or a lecture hall.
Find friends scattered across the cabin and skip the $12 WiFi.
Tunnels and dead zones don't matter when messages never leave the train.
No roaming plan, no problem. Keep your travel group together anywhere.
Roughly 100 meters, messages are shared via peer-to-peer connections between you.
Yes - just keep Bluetooth on. Wi-Fi needs to be enabled but not connected to share photos.
People in range can see your name and emoji only if you set your status visible. You can go invisible anytime.
No, Nearby uses low-energy Bluetooth and is very efficient.
The chat stays on your phone and reconnects automatically the next time you're in range of each other.