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Building a Better SDK for Zello Customers

When I started at Zello in 2016, my first project was to improve our (now legacy) Android ...

How to (Quickly) Start Using Zello During an Emerg...

Zello has proven to be a valuable tool during hurricanes, natural disasters, and other eme...

Westchester County Unites 46 Police Departments wi...

Westchester County is the most populous county north of New York City, with approximately ...

Zello Takes Center Stage at Cisco Live: Empowering...

Come visit us at Booth #9605 at Cisco Live at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Spa in Las Veg...

Meet Dan Cooke of Serve On, UK

For the past four years, Dan Cooke has made his home in a 60-foot steel barge that he shar...

Meet Nikos Doxakis of the Greek National Emergency...

“I like helping people in need,” says Nikos Doxakis, “and to be honest, the adrenalin when...

Team Zello Reports: The Trucking Industry is Under...

With the trucking and transportation industry facing challenges with supply chain shortage...

A Key Question for Courier Companies: How Well Do ...

Find out more courier industry leader tips for measuring productivity at a Virtual Lunch &...

3 Ways Zello Helps Retailers Manage Exceptions

Anyone who works retail will tell you that no two days are exactly the same. For this reas...

3 Ways Zello Helps Drivers Manage Exceptions

Access to software that enables better driver-dispatch collaboration can help drivers mana...

The Secret to Improving Your Bottomline? Investing...

Across the globe, 2.7 billion workers do not sit behind a desk to do their jobs. Comprisin...

Zello is on the road again!

With the pandemic in the rearview mirror, transportation industry advocates are hosting in...

Zello Feature: Channel Types

6 Ways Retailers Use Zello to Protect Their Most V...

Every day retailers suffer losses from a variety of sources, including online and offline ...

Zello Features: Hidden Channels

Zello Feature: Emergency Alerts

With Zello's Emergency Alerts, team members simply press a button to send an audio recordi...

How to Use Zello PTT Business Channels

What's one big difference between 2-way radios and the Zello push-to-talk app for work tea...

How to Use Zello Groups & Channels

Zello is the live-voice communications app of choice for a growing number of people and bu...

Zello Feature: Location Tracking

In addition to offering advanced features such as emergency alerts and crosslinking, Zello...

Zello Feature: Ad Hoc Channels

Zello Channels are great for push-to-talk (PTT) communications between members of the same...

Zello Feature: Dynamic Channels

Zello push-to-talk Dynamic Channels resemble 2-way radio channels in the way they are used...

Meet John Hain, Captain in the Sheriff’s Office, H...

Thirty two years ago, John Hain wanted to be a welder, so he enrolled in college to study ...

From Shore to Shelf: What Retailers Really Need in...

The Big D isn’t all about big hair and the state fair. But you already knew that. It’s als...

Zello Feature: Crosslink

Zello is a versatile voice communication platform for distributed work teams. Today, the Z...

How Push-to-Talk Apps Increase Enterprise Operatio...

Constant disruptions to the supply chain. Shifting consumer demand. The struggle to find a...

Dispatch Analytics Save Money and Time

With traditional radio communications, drivers and dispatchers communicate all day long, b...

What Dispatchers Need to Clear Roadblocks with Dri...

Dispatchers know their success hinges on their relationships with drivers. A great communi...

More Than a Walkie Talkie: How Push-to-Talk Apps H...

Great communication between sales associates and managers on a showroom floor can mean the...

What Drivers Need to Clear Roadblocks With Dispatc...

The driver-dispatcher relationship is critical to retaining drivers, as well as to ensurin...

Digital Push-to-Talk is the Best of All Worlds

Digital push-to-talk (PTT) technology that runs on cellular data or Wi-Fi offers the benef...

When Every Second Counts…Fast, Accurate Communicat...

You’ve probably seen a blogpost or two in your lifetime about the importance of clear comm...

How Zello Dispatch Hub Optimizes Safety & Performa...

Zello Dispatch Hub helps dispatchers better support frontline workers while prioritizing t...

6 Key Ways Zello Helps First Responders

Tens of thousands of first responders across the globe use Zello in their daily operations...

Zello Celebrates 10 Years With a New Look

10 years of Zello. 3,650 days of supporting the frontline. 87,600 hours championing the po...

Meet Carlos Porro of Worldwide Flight Services

For Great Customer Service During the Holidays, Co...

More shoppers are venturing out to do their holiday shopping in person, and more are purch...

Meet Megan Eisenbise of ComTrans

Megan Eisenbise is the morning dispatch lead for ComTrans, a specialized community behavio...

Meet Sergey Pedko of Firehouse 41, Russia

Written by Shana Burg, Translated and Interviewed by Anna Naumova

Meet Jacob Harris of CommsConnectUS

Jacob Harris was living in a tiny house with his wife on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. It was Sept...

Meet Holger Sommer of @fire - International Disast...

Meet Ken Kelley of ProMed Ambulance

When Ken Kelley was a kid, he loved the TV show “Emergency.” It starred two paramedic-fire...

Meet Daisy Curto of Columbia Cottage

Daisy Curto loves getting to know each and every one of the 37 residents who lives at the ...

Meet Candis Kokoski of St. Michael’s Hospital

For Retailers, Fast Communication is Everything

Picture this: you’re checking out at the grocery store. You’re hangry, you just want to ge...

Tips for Communicating Clearly on Zello

When using a push-to-talk service such as Zello, it’s important to follow the rules and be...

What is Radio Lingo?

The first time you get on Zello or use a CB Radio it may sound like users are speaking a d...

What is CB Radio?

Citizen Band Radio, or CB radio, was once commonplace across America as a means for commun...

Meet Pablo Capeluto: Montevideo Subsidiary of the ...

Written by Shana Burg, Translated by Alejandra Garcia Buenaventura Uruguay, the second sma...

When You Deploy Zello to Your Team, Should You Use...

If you’re thinking of deploying Zello to your organization, one of the most important thin...

10 Must-Know Facts About Zello

You know Zello as your go-to push-to-talk walkie talkie app. With just the push of a butto...

Why Social Features Have Been Removed From the Fre...

You may have noticed over the past several months that some of the social features that we...

Meet Sim Shain of Hatzolah

When Sim Shain was 7 years old, his father would run out of the house in the middle of din...

How Frontline Industries Fared in the COVID Era

A lot has changed in the world since March of 2020. As the novel coronavirus has swept acr...

Zello Takes Action Against Militias

This blog post was edited after publication. See the bottom of this page for new content. ...

How Zello Got Its Start

It was another year of growth here at Zello. To celebrate, we sat down with co-founder and...

Meet John Plósz  of the Hungarian Auxiliary Police...

Staying put in an office for eight hours a day is just too monotonous for 23-year-old John...

Let the Data Speak: Zello Celebrates 150 Million U...

Zello reached a big milestone recently: our community is now 150 million users strong! Sin...

Meet Lor Dykes of CrowdSource Rescue

In 2017, Lor Dykes lived along the Texas Gulf Coast, working as a realtor and keeping up w...

Meet Blair Bailey of Chaney Enterprises

Blair Bailey grew up with concrete in her blood. ‘

Meet Ken Wooden of Crossroads Courier

What Ken Wooden loves about his job is that no two days are the same: he’s constantly requ...

The Zello Free App is NOT Going Away

Recently, a disturbing rumor began circulating about Zello ending its free service. This r...

North Carolina First Responders Increase Range Wit...

Jimmy Brissie, Director of the Henderson County Emergency Services, and his team work with...

Suburban Chicago First Responders Improve Communic...

In March of 2020, John McGehee, Vice President of Administration at Bud’s Ambulance Servic...

Happy International Marconi Day!

For radio enthusiasts the world over, the inventor of radio, Guglielmo Marconi is a heroic...

What is the best group voice chat app for personal...

There are many ways to communicate digitally these days. Text chat apps like Facebook Mess...

Video Chat is Great, But What if You Need More?

Over the past several weeks, remote working has transitioned from a “nice-to-have” to a wo...

3 Ways Your Mobile Workforce Can Communicate Bette...

These days, it’s easier than ever to take your workforce mobile. The nitty gritty of how d...

Zello for First Responders Program is Now Availabl...

We first launched the Zello for First Responders program in August of 2019 with the goal o...

How to Use Zello For Communication During a Disast...

For an updated guide to setting up Zello during an emergency, click here. While Zello has ...

Radio ADN Interview with Zello CEO Bill Moore

Guido Gutiérrez, from Radio ADN, introduces Zello to his listeners. Zello was used during ...

Zello for first responders program update

It's been a little over a month since we launched Zello for First Responders program, whic...

New Profile Pictures for ZelloWork

You spoke, and we listened! One of the most popular feature requests from our customers is...

Top 10 Reasons Businesses Buy Zello

Zello is the leading push to talk mobile app and service for businesses with workers away ...

Zello Interview at HITEC 2019

This year Zello attended HITEC 2019, one of the world's largest conferences in the hospita...

How to Use Zello During a Hurricane

DISCLAIMER: This information is a guide for Zello users. It is not intended as a replaceme...

What We Learned from ENR & HITEC 2019

June has been a very busy month for Zello, especially since we attended two major trade sh...

How Zello Improves Airport Customer Service

How Radio Enthusiasts Use Zello

Amateur radio, otherwise known as ham radio, is a term that developed in the 19th century ...

Zello in the News over the Years

Leading media outlets regularly cover Zello for a variety of reasons, like its use in hurr...

10 Reasons Zello is the Best Walkie Talkie App

With today’s technology, it’s easier than ever to keep up with your friends and family. So...

5 Reasons Network Radios And Zello Are The Perfect...

At Zello, we are committed to maintaining our leadership in push-to-talk by teaming with a...

Zello for Family, Friends, & Business

With Zello, you can communicate with family, friends, and coworkers. Zello for Family &...

How to Scale Hotel Communication

The Problem: "We need a flexible, push-to-talk app & business service" Equipping hotel...

Zello Survival Guide Podcast

You’ve probably seen The Survival Podcast Network (TSPN) channel on the Trending list many...

Can Zello Prevent Forest Fires?

John Marcel of Concord, New Hampshire calls himself a Fire Buff. “That’s my hobby, my care...

Zello Used for Mine Shaft Rescue

We received a nice note from a member of the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Cave and Techn...

How Zello Protects Penn State Students

Brian Bittner, with Penn State Emergency division, refer to Zello as “the Low-Frequency Vo...

How Zello Helps Form Volunteer Groups

When Jonet Rohmanyu stumbled upon the Zello walkie-talkie push-to-talk (PTT) app, like man...

Push-to-Talk Apps for Emergencies

Push-to-Talk Apps for Emergencies

Why Sporting Events Need Zello

Zello push-to-talk (PTT) is the perfect communications solution for many sporting events, ...

How to Use Accessories with Zello

Zello understands that many people use push-to-talk (PTT) in their line of work and not al...

Zello vs. Other Apps

What's the Difference between Zello & Other Voice Messaging Apps? You may ask yourself...

Zello Crowdsource Rescue Walkie Talkie

There is an old saying: “Necessity is the mother of invention”. This adage has proven to b...

How Zello Saves Lives on the Battlefield

We've been honored to work with Advanced Ground Information Systems on one of the most cla...

Cajun Navy Uses Zello to Save Lives

In August of 2016, the biggest flood to hit Louisiana in 500 years happened. More than 30,...

How to Prevent Shipping Errors with Zello

How Zello Saves Lives on Campus

With the media focus on school shootings during the last two decades, schools are increasi...

Nonprofit Fundraising with Zello

We had the privilege of working with the non-profit group, Pathfinders for Autism, and fou...

How to Select Your Company's Name

In 2012, we decided it was time to scale the company and that our name at the time, "Loudt...

8 Reasons to Replace Radios with Zello

Zello is a better alternative to traditional push-to-talk (PTT) 2-way radios for these rea...

Texas Bass Classic Uses Zello for Fishing Tourname...

Zello's walkie talkie app was chosen as the communications solution for the 2015 Toyota Te...

Keeping Retail Relevant

We’ve all experienced customer self-service kiosks at our local grocery store checkout. No...

Keeping Brick and Mortar Stores Relevant

Brick-and-Mortar Stores vs Online Shopping The rise of eCommerce giants like Amazon and Eb...

Free Trial of Zello PTT Business Service

Zello is the leading push to talk app and business service for businesses with employees i...

How to Use Zello with Hearing Aids

Zello has always strived to be fully blind-accessible, and we have many users who are visu...

Zello Night Watch Catches Criminal

Names and locations have been changed to protect night watch volunteers. We opened up an e...

Zello Business Feature: Team Channels

Zello is the leading push to talk app and business service with support for group channels...

Babies Recognize the Human Voice

Zello Walkie Talkie Channels

All About Zello's Walkie Talkie Channels Most people know Zello as an app that turns their...

How Zello Simplifies Waste Management

Zello, our push-to-talk solution for work teams, has seen a lot of adoption by waste manag...

Letting Employees Use Phones at Work

Even though everyone owns a smartphone, retail employers have strict “No Use” policies reg...

How to Measure the Speed of Push to Talk Apps

The 2x4 mount was drilled for a broken tripod then notched for the iPad with a foam insert...

Improving Church Security with Zello

The Northwest Florida School of Biblical Studies (NFSBS) MIT Podcast discusses topics rela...

Interview with AINA Wireless: Creator of PTT Voice...

We sat down with Maximilian LeRoux, founder and CEO of AINA Wireless, a Finland-based push...

3 Revolutions Powered by Social Media

In the 21st Century, the Internet controls almost everything: banks, government systems, s...

Zello Expands Leadership Team

Built in ATX Names Zello as Best Place to Work

AUSTIN (January 10, 2019) – Built in Austin, the online community for Austin startups and ...

Top Retail Tech Trends

Retail has experienced a technological revolution over the past two decades. From iPad sal...

Why You Need Zello on Vacations

Are you hitting the slopes soon with your ski buddies? Then don’t forget to take Zello, to...

Meet Team Zello: Jim, Ale, and Veronika

Meet some more of our incredibly talented team members as we continue with another install...

Meet Team Zello: Bob, Casey, and Rachel

Meet some more of our incredibly talented team members as we continue with another install...

Meet Team Zello: Greg, Nayeli, and Wil

Meet some more of our incredibly talented team members as we continue with another install...

Meet Team Zello: Adam, Nicole, and Amy

We’re excited to bring another installment of our blog series “Meet Team Zello” to you, wh...

Meet Team Zello: CTO Alex Gavrilov

This is a continuation of our “Meet Team Zello” series, putting a spotlight on the leaders...

Meet Team Zello: CEO Bill Moore

Behind every successful app has to be a great team. So, today we are excited to begin a se...

Using Zello in Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

Over 120 million people around the world use Zello to talk to friends and family, engage i...

Zello Saves Lives in Venezuela

At Zello, we believe in the power of the human voice. It conveys so much more than the wri...

Zello's Year in Review: 2018

As the end of 2018 nears, we want to thank our many fans from around the world. You make Z...

Farewell to Trending Lists

Today we announce that Trending lists will be removed from Zello apps. Trending lists were...

How to Survive the Retail Holiday Season

Is your store prepared for the holiday rush? To stand out from the competition this season...

Hurricane Florence Rescue

If you or someone you know needs to be rescued in the North Carolina, South Carolina or Vi...

Zello Stands Against Terrorism

Zello's Year in Review: 2017

The Zello mobile app for personal use saw meteoric growth during the fall's various natura...

Emergency Management Weekly - Disaster Communicati...

Bill Moore, CEO, was interviewed about Zello by EM Weekly's Todd Devoe in November of 2017...

Thoughts on Organizing Citizen Rescue and Relief E...

During a large disaster, there’s a good chance 911 and authorities will be overwhelmed and...

Russia Blocks Zello

On April 13, 2017, Russia blocked Zello. This action follows a notice we received from the...

Zello Celebrates 100 Million Users

Zello Celebrates 100 Million Users It took us almost 9 years to do it, but Zello registere...

Interview with Zello's CEO Bill Moore and CTO & Fo...

Bill Moore, CEO, and Alex Gavrilov, CTO, were interviewed about Zello on the VOIP Users Co...

10,000

Today, three months from the first public appearance at TechCrunch40 we reached an importa...