
CruiseLink
Group chat at sea, no internet
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About
Stay connected with your group onboard, even without internet.
CruiseLink is a group chat for families and friends on a cruise. Instead of buying the ship's internet package for everyone, CruiseLink passes messages directly between your phones using Bluetooth and the ship's Wi-Fi network. No internet plan needed.
• Chat with your whole group
• Ask "Where are you?" and check everyone is OK
• Set a meeting point and see who's coming
• Share your cabin number and the day's plans
• See at a glance who is nearby and when you last heard from everyone
HOW IT WORKS
Messages travel phone to phone. When two phones in your group are close, they swap messages. When they're further apart, messages can hop through other CruiseLink phones on board, sealed so only your group can read them. In port, or if you do buy internet, CruiseLink can use that too.
GOOD TO KNOW
Messages reach people when phones are within range of each other or of other CruiseLink phones, so across a large ship they can take a while. Every message shows whether it has been delivered and seen, so you always know. Keep Bluetooth on and let CruiseLink run in the background, and it will tell you if it ever stops.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No accounts, no phone numbers, no adverts. Your group's messages are encrypted with a key only your group holds.
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What's New in CruiseLink
2.7
October 26, 2026
This update brings everything from the last two releases together. • When a group's key changes, the new key now reaches everyone over the internet as well as face to face. Before, anyone you had not been near could quietly stop receiving messages. • A What's New screen, so you can see what changed after an update. • Making another group, and swapping between them, is far easier to find. • Read receipts are tidier: "Not checked" only appears when you ask to see who has read something. • Clearer wording when you are looking for someone, including what it means when a stranger's phone has heard from them. • The ship's wifi is explained properly, including when it is worth turning on.
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