It really seems like I ought to be able to connect a few devices locally via Bluetooth or teathering, and be able to have an open voice chat between those devices without an internet connection, and without push-to-talk.
Anyone aware of something like this that works? I’ve tried a few candidates, but I haven’t had much luck getting something to work.
For extra context on why I want this: I lead a sport kite team, and as the leader, I give vocal commands to tell the rest of the team what to do, and keep us coordinated. We usually use walkie talkies for this, but the one-way communication, the limited non-PTT support, and potential international regulation problems make this workable but not ideal.
The two things that immediately came to my mind were briar and Berty. I just tested both out for your use case and neither of them have voice messages. But they do have text messages and meshing.
Yea, I’ve looked at those too. If they just had voice chat, they could be a winner