Mobilio: Potential New Interesting App on the Way

By sockhopsinger, 25 August, 2026

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Greetings friends. A colleague of mine sent this to me today. I wanted to pass it along and see if anyone else has any information on it. From what I can glean, the project, Mobilio, is still in the early stages, but it might be something interesting to keep the proverbial eye on. It's another navigation app that claims to have the potential to be as good as a sighted guide. I know all these companies make such claims, but I still think this one sounds promising. Anyway, the article link is below for your reading and/or listening pleasure.

https://seas.harvard.edu/news/smartphone-navigation-app-people-blindness-and-low-vision?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c5f25d78644b3ab48be2

Best to all.,

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By Brad on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 17:23

That high pitch dink dink dink dink dink dink sound, no, i'd never use this, it was not nice to listen to.

By danno5 on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 18:00

For some reason I feel like this will just be a concept and not released. And yeah, plus that annoying sound, no thanks, if they changed the sound then yes haha

By sockhopsinger on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 18:07

That sound kind of made me think of someone hammering metal at a smithy or something like that. I didn't want to say anything earlier because I didn't want to prejudice anyone against the sound, but it is awful. It drills through your skull.