# Squawk - Field Comms — Walkie-talkie with translation

> Walkie-talkie with translation (iPhone/iPad app by START.IT.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squawk-field-comms/id6796257665 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [START.IT](https://appshunter.io/developer/1107920806)
- Category: Social Networking, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-24
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squawk-field-comms/id6796257665/reviews.md

## What is Squawk?

Squawk turns your iPhone into a real walkie-talkie over the internet.

Grab a channel code, share it, hold the big orange button — everyone on the channel hears you live. One speaker holds the floor at a time, exactly like a real radio net.

REAL RADIO FEEL
• Band-passed, gently overdriven voice — sounds like a handheld, not a phone call
• Squelch tails, roger beeps and optional carrier hiss
• Busy tone when the channel is taken; a 30-second cap keeps anyone from hogging the air
• TX LOCK latches the transmitter open for hands-free talking

TALK ACROSS LANGUAGES
• Tell Squawk what language you speak; it travels with your transmissions
• Listeners can force any transmission to be transcribed and translated into the language THEY choose — eight languages available
• TEXT mode shows a live intercept transcript; VOICE mode has an interpreter speak the translation right on the channel, radio voice and all
• Transcription and translation run on-device (translation requires iOS 18)

SIMPLE AND PRIVATE
• No accounts, no contacts access, no tracking — a channel code is all you share
• Voice is relayed live over an encrypted connection and never stored
• Keep listening in the background — transmissions play while you use other apps or lock the screen

Channels are open to anyone who knows the code — like real radio. Choose a code that's hard to guess, or generate one with the dial.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-09-07

• Background listening is back: transmissions keep playing while you use other apps or lock the screen
• Stability improvements

### 1.0 — 2026-08-24

No release notes.

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