How Calls Work on Fazool
You have been texting for three days. The jokes land. The questions go deeper than "what do you do for work." You catch yourself rereading their messages before bed.
Then you hit the ceiling that every text conversation eventually hits: you want to hear their voice.
On most apps, that means exchanging phone numbers too early, switching to a different platform, or just hoping for the best. Fazool built calling directly into the chat so you never have to leave the app or share personal contact information before you are ready.
Scheduling, not surprise calls
Fazool calls are scheduled, never instant. No one gets ambushed by a ringing phone during a family dinner or a work meeting.
Here is how it works: you tap the phone icon in the chat header, pick voice or video, and propose a time anywhere from 15 minutes to 7 days out. The other person sees a card in the chat and can accept, decline, or suggest a different time.
The scheduling modal: pick voice or video, choose a day, set a time
Once a call is proposed, a card appears in the chat. The other person can respond right from the conversation.
A call proposal card in the chat with Accept and Decline
Both people get push reminders at 1 hour before, 5 minutes before, and at the scheduled time. A "Join now" button appears 5 minutes before and stays available for 35 minutes after.
On the call
The call screen is intentionally simple. You see the other person (or their avatar for voice calls), a timer counting up to the 30-minute cap, and three controls: mic, camera, and end call. That is it.
A voice call in progress: timer, waveform, and controls
A banner pops up at 25 minutes to let you know time is winding down, and again at 29:30. At 30 minutes, the call ends automatically.
Why 30 minutes? Because it is enough for a real conversation but not so much that people avoid scheduling calls at all. When time is finite, people ask the real questions faster. "What does your timeline look like?" comes up in minute 8 instead of being avoided for an hour.
When the call ends
After the call, you land on a summary screen with the call duration and a button to go back to the chat. The conversation picks up right where the call left off.
Call ended: duration summary and a quick way back to the chat
Consent comes first
Before any call can happen, both people in a match must independently enable calling. Each person has two toggles: one for voice calls and one for video calls. You can enable voice without video, both, or neither.
If only one person enables calling, nothing happens. There is no way to pressure or surprise someone with a call they did not agree to. Revoking consent at any point cancels any pending call of that type. You stay in control throughout.
Privacy
Calls run on a server that Fazool operates directly. No third-party service handles your media. Audio and video are encrypted in transit using DTLS-SRTP. The server relays the media but cannot listen to or watch it.
Nothing from the conversation is retained. No transcripts, no recordings, no AI summaries. The only record is that a call happened, when, and for how long.
No extra cost
Calling is included for all users. There is no subscription tier, add-on, or per-minute charge. If you have a match and both people have opted in, you can schedule a call.
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