Punch

@bentossell Hey Ben, so the idea behind Punch was to make it the fastest possible messaging experience. It came about after my mom was in car accident with a teenager who was texting while driving. So, we are experimenting with a feature that allows you to walkie-talkie without unlocking your iPhone. Beyond that, we have some cool features. It's the first walkie-talkie app that plays audio through even if the app is not running in the background. It also has a Drive Mode, so your text message notifications are read out loud to you. Our emojis also make sounds... ;) I think walkie-talkies are an interesting space because they provide unique use cases that traditional messengers aren't tackling.

@jshchnz Yes. Although, I don't think anybody has taken it this far. We use the lock screen music player as the interface. Photos and videos load up as if they were album cover art.

@berio Hmm, interesting. I wonder if that abides by Apple's guidelines... any ideas?

@jshchnz not sure. We're not using private API's though.

@shane_112 thanks so much Shane for posting this! Really appreciate it.