Step Two: Second, you're going to want to open the Watch app on your iPhone, and go to the Walkie-Talkie feature. Step One: You need to make sure you're running watchOS 5.3 or later and also have FaceTime too working on your iPhone. But you can talk immediately with someone, and it also pushes through even if the Apple Watch is on silent, making it a great emergency contact tool.Īpple Watch Series 5 (GPS, 40mm) - Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band

This is not a phone call, you can't speak simultaneously. Walkie-Talkie actually works by leaving a voice message for the person - sending what you've said to someone, who then can respond by pressing the button on the watch face and leave their own audio note. You need to be near Wi-Fi and your iPhone, unless you have cellular activated on your Apple Watch. This app lets you instantly, with a short press, talk with others who has this feature on their Apple Watch too. The app signals when the other person is talking, and you can't respond until they're finished GearBrain Today, however, the feature may be not only a fun gimmick - but extremely useful as we stay in touch with family and close friends. But with watchOS 5.3, Walkie-Talkie came back

The company ended up shelving the feature for a short while after it was discovered people could use the app to eavesdrop on others. And while smart watches in general, have long surpassed the cartoon crimefighter's watch, that feature has sort of stuck with us.Īpple actually launched Walkie-Talkie in 2018 with watchOS 5, but given how easy it is to instantly text, chat and (if we must) make a phone call, few use this tool. Even when the Apple Watch in 2014, this feature was not included. The cartoon Dick Tracy had the watch of our childhood fantasies, a working two-way working radio that could summon the yellow-coat wearing detective in an instant.

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