Just got my iWatch4 and saw this app and was wondering if it was new to the "4" or does other models have it? Does anyone use it? I might see some usefulness to it on a cruise or if you and S/O are separated while shopping or baseball game etc. Any other good uses or bad ones?
Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 5
Wilkie-Talkie is a push-to-talk FaceTime audio connection and is all data.
If yo have limited cellular minutes, but a much more generous data limit, it is an ideal way to have a very long conversation, and only get charged for actual talking, and not for silent periods.
On use for me is when my my wife and I start up the lawn sprinkler system, we have to make sure all the heads come up, and the snowplow guy did not cut off and heads, or heads are not blocked by thatch, or are leaking etc…
But the controller is in the basement. So one of us (me) switches zones, the other (Wife) walks the yard checking all the heads in each zone.
Wife will use Walker-Talkie to tell me when to switch zones.
This can take a long time, and making a Cellular call would be a waste.
This spring will be the first time we use Walkie-Talkie. Previous years we used Zello, a Walkie-Talkie app via our iPhones.
I’ve used it in the supermarket when I needed Wife input on a specific item to get.
I’ve used to find my Wife when we both drive from different locations and meet up at the mall.
etc…
Wilkie-Talkie is a push-to-talk FaceTime audio connection and is all data.
If yo have limited cellular minutes, but a much more generous data limit, it is an ideal way to have a very long conversation, and only get charged for actual talking, and not for silent periods.
On use for me is when my my wife and I start up the lawn sprinkler system, we have to make sure all the heads come up, and the snowplow guy did not cut off and heads, or heads are not blocked by thatch, or are leaking etc…
But the controller is in the basement. So one of us (me) switches zones, the other (Wife) walks the yard checking all the heads in each zone.
Wife will use Walker-Talkie to tell me when to switch zones.
This can take a long time, and making a Cellular call would be a waste.
This spring will be the first time we use Walkie-Talkie. Previous years we used Zello, a Walkie-Talkie app via our iPhones.
I’ve used it in the supermarket when I needed Wife input on a specific item to get.
I’ve used to find my Wife when we both drive from different locations and meet up at the mall.
etc…
I used it a few times when I first got my watch. I believe the Series 3 & 4 have this feature. You can only use it with a person that has an iPhone. It's new so give it a chance.
You still need an internet data connection.
Either WiFi or cellular data.
I expect Cellular is going to be in short supply on a cruise
Yes, cellular is very expensive and bandwidth is at a premium while on board so I guess I'll just bite the bullet and take my Motorola Walkies. I was hoping that the feature sounds good but in action it's just not that good after all.
I meant to say "has an Apple Watch" (which requires an iPhone).
I wondered whether it would be helpful on a cruise ship which are very large these days and their charges for Wifi are too expensive to use in most cases. I have a decent pair of Motorola Walkie Talkies but was hoping that I could use this feature and not have to bring them along if the Watch could do the same thing instead. I'm still not sure if the answers add-up to confirming my question though.
Does anyone use the Walkie-Talkie function? If so, why? If not, Why?
