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Sign in, set up your watch, and invite your first friend.

Sign in with Apple, choose the name friends see, and tap Turn On Walkie-Talkie so messages can reach your iPhone even when it's locked.
Sign in with Google, choose your name and avatar, and allow the microphone and notifications so friends can ring you.
Using Do Not Disturb or another Focus? Add Nowza to its allowed apps so your watch still rings.
Using Do Not Disturb? Add Nowza to its allowed apps so your phone and watch still ring.
Open Nowza on your watch and it signs in by itself. A watch is optional: Nowza works with just a phone.
Tap Invite a Friend and send the link. Inviting takes a subscription, and friends you invite talk with you free.

Friends can be on iPhone or Android. An Apple account and a Google account are separate Nowza accounts.

Ring a friend, listen, and talk back from your phone or your watch.

Tap a friend, then hold the mascot's mouth. When you feel a tap, start talking, and let go when you're done.
For a longer message, double-tap the mouth to keep talking, then tap again to stop.
On a watch, tap the ring to listen, then hold to reply.
When your iPhone is locked, tap the notification to listen, and talk back from the Lock Screen.
With Play Audio Immediately, messages play as soon as they arrive. Open Nowza to talk back. If your watch has no speaker, connect Bluetooth headphones.

One-on-one, only one of you needs a subscription.

See what became of your message, and play one you missed.

After you talk, a friend's row shows Ringing, Busy, Do Not Disturb, Played, No reply or Can't reach.
"· saved" means your message is waiting on their device.
A message you miss is kept for a day. Tap the Saved message notification, or Play Saved Message on the friend's Talk screen. A short tone plays first, so you know it isn't live.

The same on iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS.

Talk with several friends at once, like a set of walkie-talkies.

Tap New Group, name it and pick friends. A group holds up to 15 people, who join when they accept.
One person talks at a time. While someone is talking you'll see their name, and you can talk once they finish.
Under Receive Messages, choose Ring, Always On or Muted.
Talk in groups from your watch, and make and change them on your phone.

Everyone in a group needs their own subscription. A friend's doesn't cover you, but an iPhone Family plan does.

Choose where you're rung, how messages play, and what friends see.

When Friends Ring You: Apple Watch Only, Apple Watch, Then iPhone, or iPhone Only.
When Friends Ring You: Watch Only, Watch, Then Phone, or Phone Only. Let Rings Through Do Not Disturb keeps Nowza ringing.
When a Friend Starts a New Chat: Notify Before Playing, or Play Audio Immediately. On iPhone, also Notify, Talk in Nowza Only, which keeps chats inside Nowza.
Turn off Tell Friends When I'm Busy, and friends see only No reply.
Change your name and avatar, block or report someone, and subscribe or manage your subscription.