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Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

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770 points ananddtyagi | 3 comments | 07 Jul 25 00:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.506s | source
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sardine5 ◴[07 Jul 25 03:22 UTC] No.44486454[source]▶
A bit different, as it's mainly for voice - but I made an app 'Murmur : Bluetooth Group Calls' - that lets you hold group voice calls and message via a mesh of Bluetooth LE connections. It's available on Android and iOS. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/murmur-bluetooth-group-calls/i...

Doesn't really get any downloads, so not sure there's much demand for this - but I use it with some shokz bone conducting headphones for talking to my wife when we're cycling (also for wrangling our two small girls)

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roshin ◴[07 Jul 25 04:37 UTC] No.44486801[source]▶
Cool technology, but what is the usecase? I can imagine traveling abroad without a sim and using it as described. But is it any better than using the cellular network (when you have access to it)?
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sardine5 ◴[07 Jul 25 04:45 UTC] No.44486836[source]▶
I possibly live more remote than you do - but mobile data isn't really a thing (in the UK at least) you can rely on continuously when you're cycling, or visiting the supermarket and you've lost your partner near the cheese aisle...
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1. IshKebab ◴[07 Jul 25 09:38 UTC] No.44488445[source]▶
I mean it is in most of the UK. Maybe not in remote areas of Scotland or Wales.
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3. subscribed ◴[08 Jul 25 14:14 UTC] No.44500200[source]▶
In most of the supermarkets down here, couple of miles from M25. I mean, outside, so its probably considered third-world country, but no, no need to reduce the argument ad absurdum.

Or 2 metres from the window a mile from Hammersmith. If not for WiFi calling I'd have to leave my phones on the windowsill.