# Goby Live — Understand conversations live

> Understand conversations live (iPhone/iPad app by ELMER NASH LIN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goby-live/id6806348873 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ELMER NASH LIN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896628743)
- Category: Productivity, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 167 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goby-live/id6806348873/reviews.md

## What is Goby Live?

Goby Live is the messenger for people who don't share a language.

Every message arrives twice: what they wrote, and what it means in your language. Tap it and hear it spoken aloud in your language, in the sender's own voice when they have lent it. Reply in your language; they read theirs. Photos, voice notes, emotes and reactions, everything you expect, plus the one thing you don't have anywhere else: you understand each other.

Groups work the same way: six people, six languages, one chat. Make plans inside the group with polls, events and calendar invites. Give a busy group topics, and a forum with tags, guidelines and side discussions when it grows. Keep the groups that belong together in a community, each with its own door.

Video and voice calls come with double subtitles. Each of you speaks your own language and reads the other's words as they are said, like subtitles on a film. Keep the transcript in the chat if you want it.

And when you are in the same room, put one phone on the table. Live captions and translations appear for everyone at once, on their own phones if they like, and reading along needs no account.

• Chats translated as they arrive, with the original beneath
• Hear any message spoken in your language
• Photos, voice notes, emotes, stickers and reactions
• Groups with polls, events, topics, forums and discussions
• Communities that keep related groups together
• Video and voice calls with live double subtitles
• Live captions for the room, shared with a code
• 40+ languages, detected as people speak
• Call audio is never stored; a transcript exists only if you save it

Made for families, friends and colleagues who live between languages.

goby Premium: 15 hours a month of live translation and call subtitles, your own voice, a head start in Explore and every sticker expansion. Monthly or yearly subscription through your Apple account; it renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://goby.live/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://goby.live/privacy.html


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 0.7.9 — 2026-10-08

• Works better from mainland China: Hive sign-in, and app updates arrive there too
• Choose your own quick reactions, for messages and for stories
• Settings › Storage shows what you keep, and lets you archive or delete it
• Moment and story videos upload much faster
• You stay signed in for as long as you keep using goby
• Fixes and polish throughout

### 0.7.8 — 2026-10-07

• Get Premium right in the app: monthly, or yearly for less, through your Apple account
• Live location: follow a friend even when they walk off the map, and see where a share ended
• Clearer place names on shared pins, and a cleaner full-screen map
• Choosing a video cover is simpler
• Fixes and polish throughout

### 0.7.7 — 2026-10-06

• Share a location in a chat: a pin on the map, or where you are live for 15 minutes, an hour or eight hours
• A shared place reads in your language; a tap opens the map, with directions in your maps app
• Everyone sharing live in a chat is on one map; stop any time
• goby's interface in 13 languages
• Posts read aloud in your language
• Live Translate tells speakers apart and names them more surely
• Fixes and polish throughout

### 0.7.6 — 2026-10-02

• Posts, comments and stories read in your language, with the original a tap away
• Choose the language you read posts in
• Share public posts to Hive's Goby Live community, or to liketu Moments and Clips
• Links to public posts open for anyone, with a preview where you paste them
• Video and voice calls for everyone, with subtitles both ways
• Pin chats and messages; reply to comments, quote posts
• Faster: chats and photos open sooner
• Signing in works on more networks
• Fixes and polish throughout

### 0.7.5 — 2026-09-28

• Share to goby: send photos, videos and links from any app straight into a chat, your story or Explore
• A welcome for new people: set up your profile, invite your people and take a short tour
• Voice messages: see your words as you speak, in paragraphs, and play it back before sending
• Tag people in posts and stories
• Your QR card in goby themes, ready to share
• Videos can replay or play the next one when they end
• Voice messages play at full volume on iPhone
• Sharper covers, smoother use over long sessions, and fixes throughout

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