The Talking Is the Game
Poker without table talk is just arithmetic. The needling, the groan when a flop comes ugly, the silence that tells you more than the bet – that is the part a screen usually takes away, and it is why most remote poker nights end up with a video call running alongside the app, draining two batteries at once.
EasyPoker has voice chat built in. Create a private table, share the 4-digit PIN, and everyone who sits down is already in the same voice room. No link to send, no second app, no call to set up.
Free for Everyone
Voice chat costs nothing. Every player gets a free daily allowance – it resets at 00:00 UTC, and only the time you actually speak counts against it. Listening is never limited, so a quiet player at a long game is never cut off.
If you talk more than the daily allowance covers, EasyPoker Plus removes the limit entirely. Everyone else at a Plus host's table still talks for free.
Muted Until You Choose to Speak
Everyone joins muted, and being muted means the microphone is never opened at all – no permission prompt, no recording indicator on your phone, nothing sent. Tap the microphone button when you want to be heard, and tap it again to go quiet.
That matters more in poker than in most apps. A poker night is a room with other people's conversations in it, and an app that quietly listens from the moment you sit down would be the wrong way round.
The audio itself is encrypted between your phone and the voice server that passes it on, and nothing is recorded or kept. The only thing stored is a count of seconds spoken, which is what the free daily allowance is measured against.
Voice, Not Video
We chose voice deliberately. Video eats battery, demands a connection nobody has in a pub garden, and asks you to look at a grid of faces instead of the table. Voice keeps the app light and the attention where the hand is.
It also works the way a poker night actually looks: the phone flat on the table, on the loudspeaker, hands free for the cards. AirPods, Bluetooth headsets and wired headphones all work too, and the app uses their microphone when they are connected.
The game's own chips and cards are handled so they do not go back down your microphone, and each region has its own voice server, so the delay is short enough that people can interrupt each other – which, at a poker table, is the whole point.
Keeps Going When You Switch Apps
Poker nights have gaps: someone is thinking, you are out of the hand, a message comes in. Leaving the app does not take you out of the conversation. Answer the message or lock your phone and you still hear the table – and if you were talking, they still hear you.
Your phone's own microphone indicator shows whenever the microphone is on, so it is never on without you knowing. On Android, a notification stays up for as long as you are in the voice room, and tapping it takes you straight back to the game.
How It Works
There is nothing to set up. Voice comes with the table, so the three steps are the same ones you already use to start a game – and the third is simply tapping the microphone when you have something to say.
Create a game
Hit “Create New Game” and get your 4-digit game PIN.
Share the PIN
Friends tap “Find Game”, enter the PIN, and join the lobby from their own phones.
Tap to talk
Everyone is in the voice room, muted. Tap the microphone and the table hears you.
Everything Else Still Comes With It
Voice is one part of a poker night. EasyPoker deals the cards, counts the chips, keeps each player's hand private on their own phone, and works whether you are around one table or in four different cities. Texas Hold'em is free and unlimited; Omaha, Short Deck (6+) and Reverse Hold'em are there too.
There are no chips to buy and no virtual currency. If something does not work, tell us – that is how most of what we build gets built.
Poker Voice Chat FAQ
Is the voice chat free?
Yes. Every player gets ten minutes of talking each day, resetting at 00:00 UTC, and it costs nothing. It is not a timer: only the moments you are actually speaking count – not the time your microphone is on, the pauses between words or talking to an empty table – so ten minutes of speech goes much further than it sounds. Listening is never limited, and EasyPoker Plus removes the limit altogether.
How do I turn voice chat on?
You do not have to. Everyone at a private table is in the voice room from the moment they sit down, muted. Tap the microphone button to be heard, and tap it again to go quiet. The first time you unmute, your phone asks for microphone permission.
Can strangers hear me?
Only if you choose to talk. Since version 1.3.61, random matches have a voice room too, but everyone joins it muted, so nobody hears you until you tap the microphone. You can mute any player for yourself, or report them, by tapping their picture at the table. At a private table, only the people you invite with the 4-digit PIN can sit down.
Does voice chat work between iPhone and Android?
Yes. Players on iPhone and Android sit at the same table and hear each other, with echo cancellation on both so the game's own sounds do not go back down the microphone.
Does voice chat keep working if I switch apps?
Yes. Answer a message or lock your phone mid-hand and you still hear the table – and if you were unmuted, they still hear you. Your phone's own microphone indicator shows whenever the microphone is on, and on Android a notification stays up for as long as you are in the voice room; tap it to go back to the game. The hand does not wait for you, though: if it is your turn, your timer keeps running.
Do I need headphones?
No. It works on the loudspeaker with the phone lying on the table, which is how most poker nights use it. AirPods, Bluetooth headsets and wired headphones work too, and the app uses their microphone when they are connected.
Is the audio private?
Audio is encrypted between your phone and the voice server that passes it to the other players, and nothing is recorded or stored – the only thing kept is a count of seconds spoken, for the daily free allowance. A muted player sends nothing at all, so a microphone is never opened until someone chooses to speak.