Chirp Uses Sound To Transfer Photos (And Files) Between iPhones

We've had Bump to transfer files between iPhones by bumping them together...and now comes Chirp.

It emits a birdsong-like sound that instructs another iPhone in hearing distance to receive a photo, file or anything else you choose to transfer.

The "magic" is actually done by wireless connection to Chirp's servers - so you'll need a connection of some sort and Chirp must be installed on both devices - but it happens in seconds.

The software was developed by Animal Systems, a spin-off business from University College London (UCL).

It is free to use, but companies will be charged a fee for add-on services.

At the moment users are limited to sending pictures, website links or 140-character text messages. These appear in a feed similar to Facebook's timeline.

Other applications such as Android Beam, Bump, Datasync and Dropbox allow users to swap material via bluetooth, wi-fi or links to cloud-based storage.

But Chirp has the advantage that it can quickly send data to multiple devices at once without them needing to be either paired or have a wireless connection.

If recipients are offline their devices will remember the "chirp" and download associated content later.

Chirp is free in the Apple App Store.


(Source: BBC)