HeyTell Cross-Platform Voice Messenger App for Smartphones
Push-to-talk brings together the speed of a text message, and clarity of a voice call, rolled into one. There are many apps to do that from your mobile phone. But the catch is that your friend, to whom you wish to push-to-talk, also must have the same app installed in his/her mobile phones. It is another thing that not everyone owns a particular make of phone as yours. It is in this premises that an application like HeyTell assumes significance. HeyTell is a cross-platform push-to-talk application that works on all popular platforms such as iPhone and Android. If you think it comes for a price, you are wrong. HeyTell is a free of cost mobile application.
The App
HeyTell’s interface is incredibly easy to use. You can go through your contact list, and invite other to download the app through an SMS. Once your friends have the app installed in their phones, you can chat with them by simply pushing the orange button on the HeyTell interface.
If to analyze technically, the manner in which HeyTell works is not exactly Push-to-Talk. It records your message before sending it over to your contact. If the other person doesn’t happen to have HeyTell opened in his/her phone, it will send a push notification. In iPhones, one could even view a transcription of the message until the HeyTell app is finally opened.
The exchange of voice messages back and forth goes so quickly that for a moment you might not realize that it is happening in real time. While using the app, don’t bother much about data usage as the HeyTell makers claim that each message size is virtually equivalent to one email on an average. Another interesting feature of the app is that it works fine with Wi-Fi as well. So, if you have Wi-Fi in your home, and the signal strength is poor, still you can manage to call your contact provided he also got HeyTell.
HeyTell also comes with privacy levels that lets you choose whether or not you wish to be contacted via Push-to-Talk. You can choose to be able to be contacted with or without an invite to open HeyTell. Also, you could block certain contacts from contacting you through HeyTell.
Final Thoughts
HeyTell app is free, easy to use, handy, and comes free of ads. There is no reason why you should not have HeyTell in your smart phone. It also provides an alternate means to keep in touch other than over voice call.
Category: Free Android Apps, Free iPhone Apps
There are so many free messaging apps available for download, but my favorite is Viber.