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Voice messages that arrive translated — in the listener's own language

With Grandkins, anyone in the family can hold a button and speak in their own language — and the message arrives on the other side as text plus a tap-to-play voice in the listener's language. A goodnight message in English reaches grandma as her language, in a voice; her reply comes back in English. All 16 languages, any pairing.

Why translated voice messages matter for families

Live calls need everyone awake at once. Across time zones — the US and India, the US and Latin America — that's a few narrow windows a week. Voice messages keep the relationship moving in between: short, warm, in everyone's own words, and understood on arrival with no one interpreting.

How it works

Hold the talk button and speak naturally — any of the 16 languages.
The recipient gets it as text in their language and a voice they can tap to play.
They hold-to-talk a reply in their own language; it arrives back translated the same way.

Typed messages translate too — kids who'd rather text can type in English and grandma reads it in her language.

Grandparent-simple on their side

The grandparent does all of this from their personal page — the same one-tap page they call from, in their own language, with no app or account. New messages ring on their lock screen like any other notification.

Common questions

Which languages can voice messages translate between?

English, Spanish, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi, Kannada, Vietnamese, Filipino, Arabic, and Portuguese — every combination, both ways.

Does the listener get audio or just text?

Both: the message arrives as text in their language and as a tap-to-play voice.

Do grandparents need an app to receive and send voice messages?

No — they send and receive from their personal page (hold-to-talk), with lock-screen notifications when something arrives.

Is this part of the same plan as the calls?

Yes. One family plan ($9.99/month or $99/year, 14-day free trial) covers translated calls, voice messages, and typed messages for the whole family.

Try it with your own family

Set up takes about ten minutes: add your family, pick each person's language, and send each grandparent their personal page. One plan covers everyone — $9.99/month or $99/year, and every family starts with a 14-day free trial.

Start your family's free trial