Instant browser PTT
Tap and hold to talk from any modern browser — no installs, no radio programming. Open the page and key up.
Magic PTT and Magic MeshiPhone: on the App StoreAndroid: open beta
Radio for everyone. No gatekeepers.
Magic PTT is push-to-talk from your phone, your computer or a radio: press and talk to your people, anywhere there is internet. Magic Mesh adds texts that travel with no cell service and no internet, on your neighbourhood's own network. When the towers are down, your mesh still talks. When they are up, Magic PTT ties your mesh to everyone else.
Membership is $2.99 a month or $24 a year, after a 14-day trial. Anyone can listen. A verified ham or GMRS callsign is only needed to transmit on RF or repeater-linked channels.
- Press and talk from any browser, iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux or a radio
- Your own Base in Your Shack: invite your people by Magic Key or QR
- Magic Mesh: texts with no cell service, on MeshCore, Meshtastic and Magic Mesh at once
- The Magic Grid shows who is on the air and where
- Chat that translates itself into your language, and live captions
- Bluetooth speaker mics and hardware PTT keys just work
Welcome back
Sign in or create an account to join the net.
Features
What's inside Magic PTT
Open to everyone
Anyone can join and talk on internet-only channels — no license required. No ham or GMRS? Magic PTT gives you a random MP-* ID for the air. A verified ham or GMRS callsign is only needed to transmit on RF or repeater-linked channels.
Magic Mesh
Texts with no cell service and no internet. One radio on MeshCore, Meshtastic and Magic Mesh, every message in Magic PTT. Our own Pebble and Shard handhelds, or bring your own board.
See Magic Mesh →Your own Base in Your Shack
Spin up private rooms in seconds. Invite people by search, email, or a scannable Magic Tag QR, and promote moderators to help you run the room. An encrypted Base is an admin-beta option when a net needs a room Magic PTT cannot hear.
Magic Full Duplex
A hands-free open-mic mode for your rooms — everyone can talk at once, like a conference call (headphones required).
Chat in your language
Room chat translates automatically between 26 languages, so everyone reads in their own.
Live voice captionsPaid add-on
Every word spoken on the air, captioned live and translated into your language. Offered as a paid add-on, because every captioned minute has a real cost to run.
Chat, photos & direct messages
Send room chat and photos alongside voice. Star someone into Magic Book, then open a 1:1 Message from their card.
Android & iOS apps
iPhone: install Magic PTT from the App Store and sign in. Android: sign in on the phone you want the app on, open Settings → Phone apps and install the APK there.
Crystal-clear Nexus audio
Our production Nexus audio engine delivers clear, reliable transmit and receive across the whole network.
Magic Book
Your contact book. Star someone on Operators to save them, or confirm a two-way key. Hams get a Logbook with ADIF export; GMRS and MP-* members get Contacts. Message from a station card.
Stage desk
The radio stays center stage. Operators, Nexus Grid, Channel Scan, World Net Clock, Weather alerts, and the rest float as glass cards you drag, Hide, or turn off in Settings.
Weather alerts
On a computer, official warnings for your ZIP or postcode sit as a Storm Watch glass card — NWS in the US, Meteoalarm for the UK and much of Europe. Drag it, Hide it, or turn it off in Settings.
Android & iPhone native apps
iPhone: install Magic PTT from the App Store and sign in. Android: sign in on the phone you want the app on, then Settings → Phone apps → Download APK (approved members, no invite).
- On your phone: create an account or sign in
- Android: Settings → Phone apps → Download APK (approved accounts)
- iPhone: install Magic PTT from the App Store, then sign in
Ready to get on the air?
Create your account or sign in on the phone you want the app on. On Android, open Settings → Phone apps and install the APK. On iPhone, install Magic PTT from the App Store.