Team calls over your own Wi-Fi
Reception calls housekeeping, the kitchen calls a waiter, the till calls the stock room. Tap a name: their phone rings, their watch buzzes, they tap “On my way” and it turns green.
Coming soon to Google Play · Free for 1 station and 2 people
Coming soon to Google Play
Windows or Mac computer: the station opens in Chrome or Edge and installs like an app. On Linux, in the browser only. An old Android tablet works too, from Chrome.
Coming later. Until then, an old Android at the venue does the job.
The old ways of reaching someone at work, and what PassBell does instead.
The problem: Bulky, one more device to carry and charge. Everyone hears everything, and guests often do too.
With PassBell: The phone they already carry becomes the walkie-talkie: live talk to one person or a group. For everything else, a silent buzz on the wrist.
The problem: You buy the devices and the base, and replace them when they get lost or break. You never know if anyone saw the page.
With PassBell: Nothing to buy: the phones and watches you already have. You see who tapped “On my way”.
The problem: The whole floor hears it, the right person does not. The plate waits on the pass.
With PassBell: Call only the person you need, on their phone and watch. Guests hear nothing.
The problem: They need the internet and personal numbers. The message gets lost among others and nobody knows if it was read.
With PassBell: It stays on your business Wi-Fi, with no phone numbers. The station shows who got it and who did not.
The problem: A technician, holes and cables, and it is stuck in one spot. Otherwise someone runs to find the other person.
With PassBell: Set up with one QR in a few minutes, no technician. It goes wherever the phone goes, within your Wi-Fi.
Median times, measured on two Android phones on a normal Wi-Fi. A blink of an eye takes about 0.3 s.
Open PassBell on a tablet or a computer and give it a name, such as “Reception”. Add as many stations as you need: kitchen, bar, till.
Each person scans the QR code or picks it from the “Stations nearby” list. You approve when you see the same code. Once, for good.
Tap a name, a group or ALL. If nobody answers within 60 seconds, the station says “Not answered”. No call is ever lost silently.
Everything here is in the app now.
Calls do not need the internet. Pull the internet cable out of the router: they keep going.
Start free: 1 station and 2 people, for good.
| Plan | People | Stations | Month | Season (6 months) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | up to 2 | 1 | Free, no time limit | ||
| Small team | up to 5 | unlimited | €6 | €30 | €55 |
| Team most venues | up to 10 | unlimited | €10 | €50 | €90 |
| Unlimited | any number | unlimited | €20 | €100 | €180 |
| Event pass | any number | unlimited | €10 once, for 72 hours | ||
The first 10 venues get the Team plan (up to 10 people) free for one year. In return we ask for honest feedback and a review.
No spam: we write to you once, when it is ready.
Nothing changes. Calls, voice and messages travel only over the Wi-Fi. The router just has to be on.
Yes, wherever your Wi-Fi reaches: the phones do live push to talk and receive calls. For a large outdoor area such as a beach, add one or two Wi-Fi access points; without Wi-Fi the phones cannot reach the station.
You see it. The station resends the call until the phone confirms it and, if nobody answers within 60 seconds, shows “Not answered”.
Put the phone and the station on the same Wi-Fi, not the guest network. Tap “Check my setup” in Help: it tells you what to change. You can also type the code shown under the QR.
Walk the floor with the phone open. The app shows the link quality: Connected, Weak signal or Disconnected. A spot that stays weak needs a second access point or a mesh unit, about 90 euro. The honest limit: sunbeds 80 metres from the router will not work with one router.
Wear OS watches have their own app with an “On my way” button. Galaxy, Garmin, Amazfit, Xiaomi and others buzz with the phone's notification; the pattern depends on the brand.
Not yet. Team members need Android phones. The station can also be a Windows or Mac computer with Chrome or Edge.
Best in Chrome or Edge: everything works there, and on Windows and Mac the station installs like an app. In Safari and Firefox voice messages and live talk do not work, so use Chrome or Edge for the station.
The station keeps a backup in your Google Drive. On the new tablet you sign in with your Gmail and everything comes back: stations, groups, names and phones, with no new QR codes.
On the station, in the team list, tap “Remove from the shop”. All their phones lose access to calls and messages at once.
No. The microphone opens only while you hold the button. The sound never goes to the internet and is not stored anywhere.
The app waits quietly between calls and never keeps the screen on. We have not measured it on every phone yet; we will publish the figure after our two-hour test.
Only to check the plan, once a day when it is there. Offline the plan stays valid for 14 days; after that the station uses the free plan. Calls never stop.
In Google Play, under Subscriptions in your account.
It stays on your station. Per-person statistics are off by default; if you switch them on, you as the employer must tell your staff.
No. PassBell is for work calls. It does not replace an alarm, fire safety or an emergency system.
There is no call centre. Help inside the app solves the usual problems. For anything else, write to support@passbell.app.
PassBell is made by a small team in Greece, led by someone who runs restaurants. We test it first in our own venues, during real shifts.