Why Fobless?

Your building's intercom calls a phone when someone buzzes — and you're not always there to answer. Otto is. He opens the door for the people you've approved, forwards the call to you when you haven't, and never touches the building's hardware. Three things set him apart.

How it works

Otto gets a dedicated local phone number for your unit, and your building manager points the intercom at it (Otto hands you a pre-written note to send them). When he's on duty — set from the dashboard, a guest link, or your smart home — the next buzz plays the door-release tone and lets your guest straight in. When he's off, the call simply rings through to your phone like it always has. No fob, no app for your guests, and no changes to the building's hardware.

Everything you get

• Dedicated local number — pick your city and choose your number; the intercom dials local.
• Automatic door release — put Otto on duty from the dashboard, or from Siri Shortcuts and Home Assistant; the next buzz opens the door.
• Virtual fobs for guests — share a link and guests let themselves in; label, schedule, expire, and revoke links anytime.
• Otto's hours — recurring windows (cleaner every Tuesday) or one-time windows that expire on their own.
• Caller-ID filtering — only your building's intercom rings through; spam and wrong numbers to your dedicated number are dropped instead of forwarding to your phone.
• Email & push alerts — know the moment your door opens or a buzz is missed.
• Safe fallback — Otto off duty? Calls forward to your phone. The buzzer never stops working.

For hosts: check-ins on Otto-pilot

Running an Airbnb or Vrbo (beta)? Fobless Pro (an introductory $12/month per property — heading to $15, but lock it in while it lasts) connects your booking calendar and automates the entire check-in. You get a branded guest page — yourname.fobless.com — so you send one link, once: every guest simply enters the last 4 digits of the phone they booked with and is let in, no custom link per stay. Behind it, each reservation goes live at check-in, arms itself around your guest's arrival, and expires at checkout — no codes to send or rotate. Guest names fill in from your booking emails, early check-ins are a one-tap approve, and every entry lands in the log book. And it isn't just for buzzer buildings: through Home Assistant or SmartThings, Pro hands out virtual keys to your smart door locks — issued per stay, revoked at checkout, and secured end-to-end. More than one door can ride on the same guest link, each named, so a stay that needs the building entrance and the suite gets both. Set it once and every booking takes care of itself.

Getting started is one email

Because everything keys off the phone number your intercom dials, setup is a single change: sign up, pick your number, and send your building manager the pre-written note Otto gives you. If you ever cancel, point the intercom back at your own phone number and everything is exactly as it was.