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Meadow is a small square smartphone with a few useful apps [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2026-03-25  

The Meadow is a square smartphone, compact but not tiny, with good apps such as music, photos, maps and ride-hailing, but no evil apps such as social networks or web browsers. It's about 3.5 inches either way and .4 inches thick, with a 3" display, 13MP camera and 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity.

Full app list

Calls & Texts

Camera

Uber

Maps

Music

Spotify & Apple Music

Podcasts & Audiobooks

Notes

Fitness

Clock

Weather

It ships in May, and you can preorder one for $399. Service is free for 9 months, then $10 a month. Meadow is U.S. only.

It's being marketed as a "second phone", which seems to be a common pitch with this sort of thing. I suppose it comes down to what cellular tech is accessible to enthusiast device-makers, but it inevitably suggests digital minimalism as a luxury rather than something beneficial for normal people. The service is inexpensive!

Meadow gives you a private line for those who matter most. Nobody outside your contacts will be able to reach you, so you'll never get any unwanted calls or texts. An auto-reply on your smartphone will let your favorite contacts know when you're out with your Meadow.

An app that's often missing from dumb/feature phones: TOTP/2FA authentication.

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