Hello

Answer the phone again.

So many of us stopped picking up. Scam calls made every ring feel like a threat, and the doctor's office got caught in the silence. Hello answers first, so the people who matter reach you and the rest never do.

Get Hello

Same phone, same number.

A phone ringing on a hall table by the front door
Unknown number: Hello answers and asks who's calling. “It's your pharmacy” rings through. “Your account is suspended” gets hung up on.

How it works

  1. The people you know ring as always

    Family, friends, the doctor and anyone you're expecting a call from.

  2. Hello greets everyone else

    A warm voice asks who they are and why they're calling. Real callers answer. Robocalls and scammers hang up.

  3. You decide in a glance

    Your phone shows a one-line reason before it rings. Nothing is blocked without a note.

A phone turned face-down on a table
The phone face-up, glowing calmly
An older man calmly on the phone
BeforeEvery unknown number goes unanswered, the important ones too.
The first weekHello answers. The pharmacy gets through; the “IRS agent” doesn't.
AfterWhen the phone rings, it's someone you want to hear from.

The calls Hello stops

What each one sounds like, and why it works on good people.

  • “Grandma, it's me. I'm in trouble.”
  • A call from “Medicare” about a new card
  • Your bank's “fraud department”
  • The “IRS” demanding gift cards
  • Your car's extended warranty

Kind to callers, firm with everyone else

It never gives anything away
Hello never reads out a card number, a password or a Social Security number to a caller.
“Please stop calling,” on the record
Sales callers are asked to take you off their list, and Hello keeps the date and the company.
Family can know too
If you choose, the people you trust hear when someone tried.

I built Hello for my mom

Her phone should be a way to reach the people she loves, not something to be afraid of. Hello stands at the door, so she can answer again.

Ryan Oberoi, founder

An open front door with warm light, a phone on the hall table

Let the phone ring again

Works with the phone and number you have. Turn it off any time, and your calls ring as before.

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