Press kit
About Hojta
Hojta is an iPhone app that turns the Sonos speakers you already own into a home intercom. Hold a key, say it, let go, and it plays in the room you picked; then the music comes back. No account, no cloud, works without internet. Made by David Åblad in Sweden.
100-word version
Hojta is an iPhone app that turns the Sonos speakers you already own into a home intercom. Hold a key, say it, let go, and it plays in the room you picked. It records, then sends, so there is no echo, and the music comes back afterwards. Every Sonos room on the Wi-Fi shows up by itself. No account, no cloud, works without internet. The first room you send to is free, for good; Whole House unlocks every room and the ALL key in one purchase, with no subscription. Hojta is made by David Åblad, an independent developer in Sweden.
200-word version
Hojta is an iPhone app that turns the Sonos speakers you already own into a home intercom. Hold a key, say it, let go, and it plays in the room you picked.
It records, then sends: the voice arrives a moment after you let go, so it is never live and there is no echo. The music stops for the Message, which plays at one Message Volume, and then carries on where it was, at the room’s own volume. Messages run up to 30 seconds. Every Sonos room on the Wi-Fi shows up by itself, with its name from the Sonos app, and the ALL key sends one Message to every room.
No account, no cloud, works without internet. Each Message is deleted from the phone once the speaker has played it.
Hojta is built like a piece of hardware: a tiled cream panel, round keys, an orange-capped knob and a dark LCD with green type. It speaks nine languages.
The first room you send to is free, for good. Whole House unlocks every room and the ALL key in one purchase, shared with your family, with no subscription.
Made by David Åblad, an independent developer in Sweden.
Fact sheet
- What it is
- An iPhone app that turns the Sonos speakers you already own into a home intercom. Hold a key, say it, let go, and it plays in the room you picked; then the music comes back. Record, then send: never live, no echo. Up to 30 seconds per Message. ALL sends one Message to every room.
- Platform
- iPhone, iOS 26 or later. Needs one or more Sonos speakers on the same Wi-Fi as the iPhone.
- Languages
- Nine from day one: English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, French (plus Canadian French), Spanish (plus Mexican Spanish), Italian, Dutch.
- Price and offer
- Free download. The first room you send to is free, for good. Whole House: one purchase that unlocks every room and the ALL key. Family Sharing on. No subscription. $4.99 regular; $2.99 launch price until 17 November 2026. Price varies by region.
- Privacy
- No account, no cloud, works without internet. Each Message is deleted from the phone once the speaker has played it. App Privacy: Data Not Collected.
- Release
- App Store, November 2026. The App Store link appears here the moment the app is live. Press embargo: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 09:00 CET.
- Developer
- David Åblad, independent developer, Sweden
- Contact
- support@hojta.app · hojta.app
Films
The interface in every film is a real screen recording of the app. The world around it is drawn in code.
Commercial, 16:9
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The same film at 1920×1080, for embedding.
Commercial, 9:16
28.5 s1080×1920MP4 · 2.9 MB
The 28.5-second film, 1080×1920. “Dinner’s ready!” goes unheard upstairs; the phone sends it to the kid’s room, the music steps aside and carries on, then ALL calls every room. A clay-style house rendered in code.
Halloween shorts · 9:16
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01 · The porch
22.6 s, 9:16, 16-bit. A ghost takes candy; a beat later the lantern by the bowl says “I saw that.” -
MP4 · 1.2 MB
02 · The music stopped
22.8 s. Dad whispers to the teen’s room; the music stops, the speaker whispers, the music carries on. Then the teen’s revenge: “Dad. Dishes.” -
MP4 · 2.0 MB
03 · Inside the house
23.2 s. A found-VHS trailer: two rooms whisper, then ALL says “BOO!” in every room at once. -
MP4 · 1.2 MB
04 · Done peopling
17.4 s. The doorbell rings; from the sofa, “Sorry, we’re all out of candy!” plays on the porch. -
MP4 · 0.9 MB
05 · The monster under the bed
20.6 s. “No monsters. I’m right downstairs.” The music box pauses for it and plays on.
Screenshots
The framed App Store screenshots, 1320×2868 PNG.
App icon
The shipped icon: an orange speech bubble on a cream tile.
Icon on cream · PNG 1024 px · 523 KB
Bubble only · PNG 1024 px · 653 KB
The composed 1024 px App Store icon is added on release.
Developer
David Åblad is an independent developer in Sweden. He built Hojta after paying for an intercom app for Sonos that was bad and abandoned. He is the only developer behind Hojta and answers its support mail himself.
Embargo
3 Nov 2026 · 09:00 CET
Please hold reviews and news stories until Tuesday 3 November 2026, 09:00 CET. If Hojta shows up on the App Store before then, the embargo still applies until that time.
Disclaimer
Hojta is not affiliated with Sonos, Inc. Sonos is a trademark of Sonos, Inc.