The Ken Register your interest

Video calls, voice calls and messages, made easy for someone a phone has left behind.

  • Scam-safe
  • Approved contacts only
  • Remote management
  • Intuitive to use
Register your interest See how it works £249 plus £4.99 per month. Not on sale yet: the first production run goes to the manufacturer this autumn. We will email you the day it goes on sale.
The Ken, a touchscreen device
  • One screen, one purpose. No apps, no menus, no updates to accept.
  • Big photographs to call from. No numbers to remember.
  • A physical button that answers the call.
  • No swiping, pinching, dragging or double-taps.
  • Loud speakers and a clear microphone, sized for a room.
  • Every change is confirmed on screen, in plain words.
  • The camera and microphone wake for a call, and sleep the moment it ends.
  • Between calls it sits silent. Nothing waits to be spoken to.
  • Their home stays their own. No fall sensors, no room monitoring, no alarm.
  • Only the people you approve get through. Cold callers and adverts never reach the screen.
  • Built to be picked up and put down again. Nothing here farms their attention.
  • Their name at the top, their people underneath.
  • They ring out whenever they like. Calls go both ways.
  • Every call arrives with three answers: take it, turn it down, or send it to videomail.
  • Volume, text size and screen brightness are theirs to change, on plain plus and minus buttons.
  • Quiet hours and sleep are theirs to set. Being left alone is a setting they own.
  • It runs on its own. Nothing to log into, and nobody has to be in the room.
  • Cancel the subscription and everything already on the Ken stays readable.

Simple for them. Managed by you.

When a phone becomes too much, people lose touch. The Ken is the one device designed for them, with full remote management for you.

The raised numbers point at the research behind The Ken.

On their screen

  • One screen, one purpose1, 2, 8

    No apps to crash. The home screen never rearranges itself.

  • A message that waits

    Nobody in? The caller leaves a voice or video message. It waits on the home screen with their photograph on it.

  • Birthdays and medication

    Prompted on the day, or a week before.

From your portal

  • Contacts you approve

    Add someone, decide who reaches the screen, turn the volume up. From anywhere.

  • Reassurance, without surveillance

    You see the calls that happened and any reminder missed. No camera watching.

  • Nothing for them to maintain

    One code on first switch-on. Updates then arrive over Wi-Fi on their own.

  • Their carer, invited by you

    Give a nurse, GP or care worker their own sign-in. You grant it and you can take it back. How that works.

A scam needs a way in. The Ken hasn't got one.12

A phone number to call
An email inbox to phish
A web browser to wander into
An app to be talked into installing
The people you approved
A single button which answers
Remotely managed from your phone
A full audit trail in the portal

In 2025, over £500m was lost by people talked into paying a scammer.13

You do not become their IT department

Ken HQ is built into the device. Two taps on the Ken reaches us: Help, then Call Ken HQ. Nobody has to describe a problem down the phone to you first, and nobody has to wait for your next visit.

Two taps, from the Ken itself
Round the clock for the common things, answered on the spot
A person at Ken HQ, nine to five
We can change a setting for them while they are on the call

The Ken and the subscription

The Ken requires a subscription to send messages and make calls - starting at £4.99 per month. Every feature is included. We don't believe in paywalls or lock-outs.

The Ken bundle
£249 + £4.99 / month
One-off device, £5 UK delivery, 30-day return. Subscription billed monthly, cancel any time. Wi-Fi required (no SIM card).
The Ken10-inch touchscreen, which you can set up and personalise before arrival.
Unlimited UK callsVideo or voice, the caller chooses. No per-minute charge.
The portalAdd, remove and re-order contacts. Approve who can call or message.
iPhone and Android appBoth in testing. Included for everyone in the family.
Group callsEveryone on one call, on the app, a laptop, or their own Ken.
RemindersBirthdays and medication, set from the portal.
Voicemail and videomailLeft on the home screen when nobody answers.
Ken HQTwo taps on the Ken, or a UK number for you.
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