MeshLive app offers encrypted voice and video calls over Bluetooth mesh
The Android-only project from developer Gautam forwards calls between phones, with each hop limited to about 20 meters.
Developer Gautam has built MeshLive, an Android app that provides decentralized voice and video calling over a Bluetooth mesh, according to hackaday.com. The project requires no dedicated hardware and does not depend on a cellular or Wi-Fi network.
Voice and video calls on MeshLive are end-to-end encrypted. The system also supports voice broadcasting. Two-way video calling remains experimental, with more testing carried out on one-way video broadcasting.
Phones in the mesh forward the signal to other phones, but each hop covers only about 20 meters. Every user has a unique identifier that others can scan to create a contact. People outside a user's contacts who are in range see only a random name, which changes every 15 minutes.
MeshLive exists only as an Android application. Gautam presented the project through hackaday.com.
Quick answers
What is MeshLive?
MeshLive is an Android app that provides decentralized voice and video calling over a Bluetooth mesh without dedicated hardware.
Are MeshLive calls encrypted?
Yes, voice and video calls are end-to-end encrypted, according to the project.
How far can a MeshLive signal travel between phones?
Each phone forwards the signal for about 20 meters before the next device relays it.