Heard instantly
The first seconds of a call go through the server while the direct connection comes up in the background — on by default. Who is talking is shown by the amber ring.
in the app this is called «Сначала через сервер» (“Server first”)
— voice messenger · free
Your server.Your people.Voice, direct.
Voxa is a voice messenger: a server with text and voice channels, direct messages and calls, screen sharing and camera. Free. An app for Windows and Android; on iPhone it runs in the browser.
Free. Create your account on first launch of the app, or right here. The app itself is in Russian only — there is no English interface yet.
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Voxa windows: the call control panel, a voice channel with four people, and a phone showing this site.
scroll— what it is
One server for everyone. Walk in and talk.
Create a server, invite people with a code, sit down in a voice channel. Chat, direct messages, calls and screen sharing live right there.
The noise stays with you
VoxaAI removes the keyboard and the fan right on your computer, before anything is sent. Your voice never goes anywhere “to be cleaned”.
VoxaAI · microphone button
Voice goes direct
Sound travels from your computer to the other person’s computer, not around through someone else’s servers. The connection chip says so: “Path: direct”.
«Путь: напрямую» (“Path: direct”) · connection chip
Your GPU does the screen sharing
Share the whole screen or a single window, with sound; the graphics card compresses the picture, and the game keeps running as it did.
«Демонстрация экрана» (“Screen sharing”) · share button
— features
Four things you can hear and see
Screen sharing
The whole screen or a single window, with sound. The graphics card encodes the picture, so the game doesn’t turn into a slideshow. Camera — if you feel like it.
in the app this is called «Демонстрация экрана» · «В эфир» (“Screen sharing” · “Go live”)
The call survives a shaky network
Switched from Wi-Fi to cable or turned on a VPN — no need to rejoin. If a VPN gets in the way of the direct connection, Voxa says so in words and can route voice the short way, not through the VPN.
in the app this is called «Голос напрямую при VPN» · «Предупреждать про VPN» (“Voice directly under VPN” · “Warn about VPN”)
Mini-games and activity
Right in the voice channel — Durak and Poker (two players and up). Friends see “Playing …” and “Listening to …” with cover art if you allow it.
in the app this is called «Мини-игры» · «Играет в …» (“Mini-games” · “Playing …”)
— and more
- 01
Direct messages and friends
Write, call straight from the conversation, see “typing” and unread.
- 02
Groups
A group chat for a few people — create, invite, leave.
- 03
Roles and permissions on the server
Who sees which channel and who can talk in it — you decide.
- 04
Replies, edits, reactions, mentions, files
Everything you are used to in a chat. Files up to 50 MB.
- 05
Dark, Light and AMOLED themes, plus your own
Three built-in themes and an editor for yours — in Settings, under Appearance.
- 06
Hotkeys
They work even in a game — including push-to-talk.
— Voxa+
Talking is free. The subscription is about looks, big files and boosts
Paying or not, you can talk and chat as much as you like. Voxa+ is for something else: profile and app looks, bigger files and boosts for your servers.
Without a subscription
0 ₽ always
- Servers, channels, roles and invites
- Voice channels, calls, camera, screen sharing
- Direct messages and friends
- Files up to 50 MB. Uploading is closed for the first 24 hours after signing up, then up to 10 MB for the first week
- Attachments are kept for as long as the message lives — with or without a subscription
- Dark, Light and AMOLED themes
- Free decorations: the “Ring” frame and the “Horizon” canvas
Voxa+
249 ₽ per month · 1,290 ₽ per 6 months · 1,990 ₽ per year
- Profile card looks from the catalogue — what you wear, everyone sees
- Files up to 500 MB (the first-day upload hold is lifted by time, not by the subscription)
- Full screen-sharing quality through the server too — as far as devices and connection allow
- App themes: apply them from the catalogue and publish your own
- Animated avatar and profile banner
- “About me” up to 600 characters
- Two boosts for your servers: more boosts, higher server level — clearer voice, an animated icon, more pinned messages and more room for emoji and stickers, and full screen-sharing quality for everyone at level 3
- Your servers’ emoji and stickers in any chat
The subscription is set up in the Voxa app: you can try a look on and wear it right there. Offer.
— profile card design
What you can wear
- 01Worlds
- 02Avatar frames
- 03Plates
- 04Avatar signs
- 05Atmosphere
- 06Nickname decorations
- 07Colour sets
- 08Banner canvases
Decorations are chosen in the app, in the Store. With Voxa+ everyone sees what you wear; without it, only you do.
— privacy, without big promises
What direct voice gives you — and what it doesn’t
Usually voice goes past our server
In a normal call, sound goes directly from your computer to the other person’s. The server introduces the participants and passes service messages.
The other person sees your IP address
That is how any direct connection works. If you’d rather not, turn on “Hide my IP address (calls via the server)” in Settings, under “Application” → “Voice privacy”: voice will go through the Voxa server with slightly higher latency. If no relay node is free, a call in this mode won’t start, and the app will tell you.
The first seconds of a call go through the server
So that you are heard right away, the server carries the start of the call while the direct connection comes up in the background. “Server first” is on by default and can be turned off under “Application” → “Network”.
There is no end-to-end encryption
The call is encrypted in transit, but Voxa does not yet have the kind of encryption where even we could not listen if we wanted to. When it does, we will say so here.
What exactly is stored on the server — in the privacy policy
— what already works
Early version. No surprises after install
Already works
- The Windows app
- An Android build
- iPhone — the web version, on the Home screen
- Voice channels, calls in direct messages, camera
- Screen sharing with sound
- VoxaAI and the microphone check
- Mini-games: Durak and Poker
- Profile card looks, themes
- Updates arrive by themselves and are verified before install — the app won’t install a tampered build
Not there yet
- Apps for macOS and Linux
- End-to-end encryption
- Screen sharing from a phone
- On iPhone a call arrives as a notification, not on top of the lock screen
checking…
— how to start
Three steps
- 01
Download
The app for Windows and Android is on the download page. On iPhone Voxa opens in the browser.
- 02
Create an account
On first launch of the app or right here on the site. Username 3–24 characters, password 10 or more.
- 03
Join your people
Create your own server and call people into a voice channel — or join someone else’s with an invite code.
— for the curious
What it is made of
Voice and video travel between participants over WebRTC; the screen is captured with Windows’ own means and compressed by the graphics card into H.264; a neural network, RNNoise, cleans the noise out of the microphone right on your computer (in the app it is called VoxaAI); the app is written in Rust and Tauri, so it is small and doesn’t carry a browser with it. You don’t need to know any of this to talk to your friends.
WebRTC · Media Foundation · H.264 · RNNoise · Rust + Tauri