Undertone

Likely Labs

About this app

Undertone is private group voice chat for people in the same place — a campsite, a festival crowd, a workshop floor, a road-trip convoy. One person hosts a room, up to seven friends join with a 4-digit code or a QR scan, and everyone talks over earbuds. No internet, no phone numbers, no accounts, no servers.

HOW IT WORKS
• Host a room and share the 4-digit code — friends nearby join in seconds
• Join by code, QR scan, or an invite link
• Phones connect directly to each other — on modern Androids there's nothing to set up: no router, no hotspot, no network at all
• On older phones, everyone joins the same Wi-Fi or a hotspot instead — the app tells you which applies
• Works completely offline — in the woods, underground, or anywhere without coverage

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• End-to-end encrypted audio between every participant
• No account, no sign-up, no personal data collected, no location used
• Nothing passes through a server — your voice travels only between your phones
• Rooms vanish when the host ends them

MADE FOR REAL CONVERSATIONS
• Open-mic group chat or push-to-talk — your choice
• Voice quality tiers and noise suppression tuned for noisy places
• SoundStage adds natural room ambience so voices don't sound flat
• Save frequent rooms and rejoin them with one tap

FINDS YOUR FRIENDS
• On supported phones, ultra-wideband proximity radar shows how far away each person is and in which direction
• See who's talking at a glance

BUILT FOR LONG SESSIONS
• Battery-aware networking keeps power use low
• Automatic recovery from audio interruptions, route changes, and dropped connections
• Keeps working with the screen off

Direct phone-to-phone connection uses Wi-Fi Aware, available on most recent Android phones (Android 13 and newer with supported hardware). Undertone is in beta — we'd love your feedback as we expand what it can do.

What’s new

🛠️ Maintenance update.

• Updated to target Android 17 for the latest platform compatibility and security requirements.
• Adds the local-network permission Android 17 requires for finding phones on the same Wi-Fi (granted automatically alongside the nearby-devices permission).

No new features — this keeps the app current with the newest Android release.