Voice chirps
A chirp is a short burst of live voice, up to 60 seconds. One person talks at a time. If someone is already talking, you'll see Busy and wait your turn, just like a real walkie-talkie.
In development · Coming first to iPhone
Your people.
One chirp away.
Kinlo is a walkie-talkie for the people who matter most. Hold the button, talk, let go. Your friends hear you live, even with their phone locked. No calls, no voicemail, no typing.
Kinlo isn't available in the App Store yet. Version 1.0 for iPhone is in final testing.
What is Kinlo?
A walkie-talkie for your people
Kinlo is a social communication app from Bottor Technologies, Inc. It brings back the instant, push-to-talk feel of a walkie-talkie for friends, family, couples and crews. There are no feeds to keep up with and no threads to answer later. Just short, live moments with the people closest to you.
The idea at Kinlo's heart is simple: what's heard once is gone. Chirps aren't stored as a history to scroll back through, and a missed chirp disappears after you play it.
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Live, not later
Hold to talk and your voice reaches them as you speak, like a walkie-talkie and unlike a voice message.
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Heard once, then gone
Missed a chirp? It waits for you, plays once, then is erased. Chirps nobody hears expire after 7 days.
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Just your people
Friends you add by username and private groups you choose. You decide who can find you.
How Kinlo works
Four steps. No dialing.
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Add your people
Find friends by username and send a request. Choose who can find you: everyone, friends of friends, or nobody.
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Pick a friend or a frequency
Chirp one person directly, or a whole private group at once.
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Hold to talk
Hold the chirp button, speak, let go. Tones mark the start and end. Prefer not to hold? Switch to tap-to-talk.
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They hear you live
Even on a locked iPhone. If they miss it, the chirp waits, plays once and disappears.
Live video chirps
Flip to video while you chirp and they see you live. The camera only turns on when you choose, and if video can't connect, Kinlo falls back to voice.
Private frequencies
A frequency is a private channel for your family, roommates, team or crew. Create one, invite people, give someone a role, or mute it for a while. Every pair of friends also gets a direct frequency of their own.
Friends
Friends find each other by username and accept or decline requests. Your email address is never shown to anyone, and you can block or report anyone from their profile.
Connections
See who's around before you chirp. Set yourself to Online, Busy or Quiet. Quiet means no sounds and no lock-screen chirps. Notifications let you know when your people reach out.
Inside the app
A look at Kinlo
Screens from the Kinlo iPhone app, shown with sample people. Details may change before launch.
Key features
Built for version 1.0
Everything here is built and working in Kinlo's iPhone app today, in testing ahead of launch.
Push-to-talk voice
Hold or tap to talk, with start and end tones and up to 60 seconds per chirp.
Live video chirps
Switch between voice and video mid-chirp. The camera turns on only when you choose.
Lock-screen chirping
Built on Apple's Push to Talk, so friends hear you with their phone locked and can reply right from the lock screen.
Missed chirps, heard once
Voice and video chirps you missed wait for you, play once, then are erased. There's no archive.
Drop the Lo
Share your location once. Your people see it once, and it's gone after 10 minutes if nobody opens it. Never tracked in the background.
Private frequencies
Groups of up to 5 for family, roommates or crews, with invites, roles and mute.
Friends and privacy
Username search, friend requests, and control over who can find you. Your email is never shown.
Online, Busy, Quiet
Show whether you're around. Quiet silences sounds and lock-screen chirps.
Notifications
For chirps, friend requests, frequency invites and dropped Los.
Six original sounds
Original, Pulse, Pop, Echo, Retro and Wave, all designed for Kinlo.
Safety built in
Block or report anyone in a tap. Our team reviews reports and can suspend or ban accounts.
Simple, private sign-in
Sign in with a 6-digit email code. Delete your account any time, right in the app.
Kinlo is for people 16 and older. Version 1.0 is for iPhone; Android is planned after launch.
The future of Kinlo
What's next
Kinlo starts as a walkie-talkie. Over time, we want it to be where your people share their moments too. These are planned for future releases. They aren't built yet, and their details and timing may change.
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Planned
Kinlo Moments
Photo, video and voice moments for your people, in Kinlo's here-then-gone spirit, with private Chirp Back replies.
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Planned
Kinlo Events
Find things to do by city, or nearby when you choose to share an approximate location. Invite friends, and give everyone going an event frequency.
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Planned
Kinlo Play
Quick multiplayer games you play with live voice, for a few minutes of fun with your people.
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Planned
Kinlo Together
Watch together with synchronized playback of supported content, chirping as it plays.
Development status
Where Kinlo is today
Kinlo is in active development at Bottor Technologies, Inc. Version 1.0 for iPhone is feature-complete and in final testing with a small group of testers ahead of its App Store launch.
Kinlo isn't available to download yet. It isn't in the App Store or on Google Play. When it launches, you'll find the download link right here.
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Done
Version 1.0 built
Voice and video chirps, frequencies, friends, lock-screen chirping and Drop the Lo, working on iPhone.
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Now
Final testing
Release testing on iPhone and launch preparation.
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Next
iPhone launch
Kinlo 1.0 in the App Store.
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After launch
Android
Kinlo for Android phones.
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Later
New ways to connect
Ideas like Moments, Events, Play and Together.
Be the first to know
Kinlo isn't available yet. A waitlist will open here before launch. Until then, email us and we'll let you know when Kinlo is ready.
We'll only use your email to tell you about Kinlo.