A real walkie-talkie on any watch
Apple Watch and Wear OS ring, play and talk on their own, and talk to each other, to iPhone and to Android.
Faster than a phone call. More confidential than a text message.
Tap a friend's name and you're talking, back and forth, from your wrist or your phone. Your voices are encrypted end to end, and nothing is left behind: no thread, no recording, no transcript.
More information for Apple Watch and Android phone owners
- No dialling, no voicemailTap a name and start talking.
- No typingTalk the way you would in person.
- Nothing left behindNo thread to screenshot or forward.
- Only your peopleNo strangers, no ads, no tracking.
Faster than a phone call
A real conversation, without the ceremony
A phone call takes setting up: dial, wait for it to ring, "is now a good time?". Nowza skips all that. Tap a name and you're talking back and forth, for a minute or for the whole drive home.
It rings their wrist. One tap to answer, and you're both talking, with their phone still in their pocket.
Or skip the ring entirely. Friends' voices can play the moment they speak, even with your phone locked.
No phone tag. If they're busy, Nowza saves your message for them and tells you so.
More confidential than a text message
Talk freely. Nothing's kept.
A text sits in a thread on two phones, often in a backup too, ready to be screenshotted, forwarded or read over someone's shoulder. Nowza leaves nothing to find.
What a text leaves behind
- A thread that's there for years
- Words that can be screenshotted or forwarded
- Copies in cloud backups
- Encryption that depends on which app and phone you both use
What Nowza leaves behind
- No history to scroll back through
- No recordings or transcripts, on our servers or your devices
- A missed message waits a day, still encrypted, then it's deleted
- End-to-end encryption on every message, for everyone, always
Your phone or watch locks it as you speak.
Our servers pass it along without the key.
Their phone or watch is the only place it plays.
A new 256-bit key for every message
ChaCha20-Poly1305
HPKE (RFC 9180)
No email or phone number on file
How Nowza keeps it private
More natural than either
Like being in the same room
Back and forth in your own voices, so nothing gets read the wrong way, whether you're across the house or across town.
Skip the yelling
"Dinner's ready." "Five more minutes?" "It's getting cold." No shouting up the stairs.
The grocery run
"Which oat milk?" "The blue one." "They're out." "Then get the green." Sorted from the aisle.
Finding each other
"I'm by the north gate." "Which one's north?" Talk each other in. No range limit, just a connection.
The family group
"Leaving in five." "Wait for me." The whole family on one channel, whatever phone each one carries.
The speed of a text. The voice of a call. Privacy neither can promise.
Calls and texts each do half the job. Nowza does the whole thing.
| What you want | Phone call | Text message | Nowza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start talking without dialling or waiting | No | Yes | Yes |
| No typing | Yes | No | Yes |
| They hear how you mean it | Yes | No | Yes |
| Live back-and-forth | Yes | No | Yes |
| Nothing kept to screenshot or forward | Yes | No | Yes |
| End-to-end encrypted | Depends on the app | Depends on the app | Always |
| Know it got through | If they pick up | Sometimes | Played, Busy or No reply |
More than a walkie-talkie app
Everything you expect from a walkie-talkie app. Plus things you won't find in the others.
Built for the people you talk to every day, on the phone and watch you already carry.
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Only in NowzaOne tap from your watch face
Put friends on a complication, the Smart Stack, Control Center or a Wear OS tile, and start talking straight from the face.
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Call waiting, for walkie-talkie
A second friend never talks over the first. Their message is saved for when you're ready, and they see Busy · Message saved.
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Nothing on record
No recordings, no transcripts and no message history, on our servers or on your devices.
Sam left a messageAnd better at the things they all do
- Encrypted, with no exceptionsEvery message, one-on-one and in groups. There's no unencrypted mode.
- Nothing about you on fileNo email, phone number, contacts or location. No ads, and nothing sold.
- No strangersNo directory, no search, no public channels. Friends join by one-time invite.
- You choose what ringsYour watch only, your watch then your phone, or your phone only. Never both at once.
- Friends know when you're busyBusy and Do Not Disturb show up on their own, so nobody feels ignored. Turn it off anytime.
- Gets there, without parking on a serverFriend out of coverage? Your own phone or watch keeps trying for up to 24 hours, so your message never waits on our servers.
- And the basics, done well:
- Groups of up to 15
- Plays with your phone locked
- Played, Busy and No reply
- Missed messages saved for a day
- Replay the last message
- Lock to talk
- See every feature
Talking in a minute
- 1Get Nowza on your phone. Your watch comes along.
- 2Send a friend an invite link.
- 3Tap their name and start talking. See how
Pricing
One subscription. Your friends talk free.
One-on-one, only one of you needs to subscribe, so the people you invite can answer without paying. No ads, ever: your voice isn't the product.
3-day free trialMonthly
$1.99
a month
2-week free trialAnnual
$14.99
a year, about $1.25 a month
Family
$3.99
a month, or $29.99 a year. Up to six people, App Store only.
US prices. In groups, every member needs their own subscription, and a Family plan counts. Who needs a subscription?
Why not just call or text?
A call takes a minute to get going, and a text means typing and a thread that stays around forever. Nowza starts a conversation with a tap, in your own voices, and leaves nothing behind.
Do my friends need the same kind of phone?
No. iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS all talk to each other.
Do I need a watch?
No. Nowza works on a phone alone. A watch lets you answer and talk from your wrist.
How far does it reach?
Anywhere you both have Wi-Fi or mobile data. Unlike a radio walkie-talkie, there's no range limit.
Does Nowza record what I say?
No. Only your friend's devices can unlock your messages, and there are no recordings or transcripts.
Start talking sooner. Keep it between you.
Get Nowza on your phone, and your watch comes along.