Shake & Talk guide

Shake & Talk is a free web app that pairs you with one person in another country for a short chat. You write in your language, they read it in theirs. These guides explain how it works, how to stay safe, and what to say first.

• How Shake & Talk works - Step by step: shake your phone, get paired with someone in another country, chat with two-way translation, and end the chat safely.
• Safety guide - What Shake & Talk blocks for you, how Report works, and simple habits that keep chats with strangers abroad friendly and safe.
• 50 conversation starters - friendly first lines in six languages.

Shake & Talk also collects Local Tips that people share after a good chat, checked by a person before they are published.