Zero spam. Strangers can't message you.
Nobody can send you a single word until you've said yes. There's no public directory, no "people you may know" and no way to look you up, so there's nobody to spam you. Block anyone without them being told.
Free · zero spam · no ads
Private chat for the people you actually know.
Handover Chat is a free place to message and call your friends, family and coworkers. Nobody can reach you unless you said yes, and there's nothing to install: it runs in your browser and sits on your home screen like an app.
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Got an invite link? Just open it.
- Zero spam
- No messages from strangers
- No phone number
- No ads, no tracking
Voice calls, encrypted end to end
Calls are encrypted with keys made on your two devices for that one call. If a network forces a call through a relay, the relay only passes along scrambled audio. A six-digit safety code lets you both check that nobody is listening in between.
Passwords that disappear
Send a password or code as a secret. It stays sealed until your friend opens it, and the moment they do, it's deleted from our server. They can copy it without it ever showing on screen.
Photos, files and links
Share pictures, documents and links in the same conversation. Notifications say who wrote and what kind of thing it was, never what it says, so your lock screen stays private.
For businesses
Let customers write to you, without the spam that comes with it.
Turn on Open inbox and anyone on Handover Chat can message you right away, with no request to accept first. You also get a public link to put on your website, your card or your shop window. Customers open it, sign in, and they're talking to you.
- One switchOpen inbox is under You. Turn it off and new people need a request again.
- A link that's yoursIt never runs out while your inbox is open. Turning the inbox off retires it, and turning it on again gives you a new one.
- Still in controlBlock anyone, any time. Everyone else keeps their own inbox closed, so a business can't message people who haven't contacted it.
How it works
- Get invited.A friend who's already here sends you an invite link or a friend request to your email address, or you open a business's public link.
- Sign in.Use an account you already have. There's no new password to make up and no phone number to hand over.
- Talk.Message, call and share with the people you've accepted. Add Handover Chat to your home screen and it opens like any other app.
What we can and can't see
Privacy claims are easy to make, so here is exactly where things stand.
Protected
- Voice calls are encrypted end to end. We never have the keys and we never hear them. Audio is never recorded or stored.
- Secrets are deleted from our server the moment they're opened.
- Messages and files are encrypted on the way to us and encrypted while stored, and deleted automatically after 30 days.
- Notifications never include what was sent.
Not yet
- Messages are not end-to-end encrypted yet. They're encrypted on our server with our key, which means the service could technically read them. End-to-end encrypted messages are the next thing we're building.
- Like any service, we see who talks to whom and when, so we can deliver messages and calls. A profile photo, if you add one, is shown only to your friends.
No ads. We don't sell, share or mine your conversations, and there are no tracking scripts on this site.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There's no paid plan and no ads. Handover Chat is the chat side of Handover, a tool IT teams use to send scripts and passwords to the computers they support, and it's free for anyone who's invited.
Why can't I just sign up?
On purpose. Being invite-only keeps out spam, scams and strangers. Ask someone who already uses Handover Chat to send you an invite link or a friend request, or open the public link of a business that uses it.
Can a business send me ads?
No. A business with an open inbox can be messaged by anyone, but it can't message you until you've written to it or accepted its request, the same as anyone else. And you can block it at any time.
Do I need to install an app?
No. It works in Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox, on phones and computers. On an iPhone, tap Share and then "Add to Home Screen" to get an icon and notifications.
Which accounts can I sign in with?
A Google account. Other ways to sign in are being added.
Can I delete what I sent?
Yes, any message you sent can be deleted for both of you. Everything else is deleted automatically after 30 days.
Is there a limit on how many people can join?
For now, yes. Handover Chat is growing slowly and by invitation, so it stays quick and spam-free.
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