Chats · Hangouts · Drops · Calls

Your chats and your communities, finally in one beautiful place.

Chats, Hangouts, Drops and calls — no ads, no trackers.

Android beta — via Google Play internal testing, public soon

01 Ask your chats anything — @Howdy digs up the answer, receipt included.

Hangouts

Name it.
We paint it.

Spin up a Hangout: Howdlo paints the banner — AI art, made for the room — and the channels are ready before your friends arrive.

02 Channels appear as you type — #general, #ramen-reviews, a late-night lounge.

03 And that's just the lobby. Keep scrolling.

What's inside

Everything a group needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

No screenshots, no promises — every window below is a little piece of Howdlo, doing the real thing.

Chats that keep up

Replies, reactions, edits, read receipts — and when nobody can decide, a live poll settles it right in the thread.

Drops

A line, a photo, an aurora — up for 24 hours, then gone. Tap through like stories.

Say it out loud

Voice notes for when typing's too slow — and 1:1 voice or video calls with no links, no lobbies.

Hangouts

Communities with channels, roles and voice lounges — tap in, talk, tap out.

The Planner

Plan the trip inside the trip chat — days, itineraries, photos, all live for everyone.

The Plaza

An opt-in public square — find your people, send a wave. Your chats stay yours.

Meet Howdy

One bot for every job.
It levels up when you do.

Howdy comes free in every Hangout — and the things other apps charge for are exactly where it starts. Every level is included, and the same bot grows new powers as your Hangout does. Nothing new to invite, nothing to re-teach, nothing to pay.

Howdy is included free at every level — Howdy for the everyday, Howdy Partner as your personal sidekick, Howdy Chief for the whole Hangout.

Howdy Everyday

In every Hangout from day one — including the stuff other apps make you pay for.

Welcomes

Every newcomer greeted like a regular.

Reminders

Set it in the chat — it shows up on time.

Reaction roles

Tap an emoji, wear the role.

Custom + slash commands

Teach it your room's tricks — no code.

Howdy Partner Personal

The personal level — Partner follows you into every chat you're in. Included free.

Personal recall

Ask your chats anything — answer with receipt.

Digests

Catch-me-up summaries for busy rooms.

Transcripts

Voice notes, turned into text.

Live translation

Every language in the room, translated in place.

Howdy Chief Community

The community level — Chief runs the room, every member covered. Included free.

Auto-moderation

The rough stuff never makes the room.

XP + levels

Show up, level up.

Analytics

See what's landing — trends, growth, top channels.

Custom name

Call it anything — it proudly shows what it's built on.

And Howdlo itself? The built-in helper lives in every room — @mention it to ask anything about the app, or what's new. Always free.

Every level of Howdy, free forever — here's the promise.

HowdyMic · voice typing

You talk. It types.
Then it tidies up.

HowdyMic listens, types, and sweeps the ums away before they land. It's already inside Howdlo — and it's about to go everywhere you type.

No ads. No trackers.
We don't sell your data. Ever.

Sign in with an email code — no passwords. Your phone number helps friends find you; it's never shown or sold. And if you ever want out, delete your account in-app. Gone, instantly.

Read the privacy policy

Free

Start free. Stay free.
That's the whole plan.

Howdlo is completely free — every feature, every bot power, in every Hangout. No card, ever.

Free

Freeforever, for everyone

Everything that makes Howdlo, Howdlo. All of it.

  • Unlimited chats, Hangouts, Drops, calls and voice notes
  • The Planner and Boards — trips, events and group memory, right in the chat
  • Howdy at every level — welcomes, reminders, reaction roles, custom and slash commands, polls, XP + levels, and every power still to come
  • A monthly allowance of AI-painted photos
  • No ads, no trackers, no paid plans. Obviously.
Open Howdlo — it's free

No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, nothing to unlock — free is the whole page. Fair-Flow: during heavy usage we may apply short cooldown times to keep Howdlo fast and fair — and that never costs a thing.

Coming up at Howdlo

On the roadmap, out loud.

Howdy's next gears

Partner and Chief keep growing — recall, translation, auto-moderation and analytics, all free, all from the bot your Hangout already knows.

Developer bots

Build and publish your own Howdlo bots — a sandboxed platform with install-time permissions and a review process.

Nearby, unlocked

Optional location sharing and place check-ins light up Nearby — see friends very close, in the same area, or in your city. Always on your terms.

Boards

Save notes, media and dates in any chat — and find them again instantly. Your group's memory, finally in one place.

Ask your chats anything

Catch up in one line — summarize a busy room, find that one message, get the answer with a receipt. Private to you.

It's nicer in here.

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