Since my friend and I updated to watchOS 5 we can’t seem to connect with walkie talkie. When one of us sends an invite it says invite sent but the other does not receive any invite. This happens for everyone, everyone can send invites but no one receives any. Anyone have a solution?
So I got it to work from some serious trial and error. Even though I could FaceTime audio and video my friends, we weren’t logged in to FaceTime on our phones with our iCloud emails. Once we all did that and sent new invites it worked perfectly. Hope this helps people.
iPhone>settings>FaceTime
Then make sure you are logged in with iCloud.
So I got it to work from some serious trial and error. Even though I could FaceTime audio and video my friends, we weren’t logged in to FaceTime on our phones with our iCloud emails. Once we all did that and sent new invites it worked perfectly. Hope this helps people.
iPhone>settings>FaceTime
Then make sure you are logged in with iCloud.
This is the solution that worked for me. As soon as I made sure that my wife and I were both logged into FaceTime with our apple IDs, then re-sent the Walkie Talkie invite, everything worked perfectly. My wife was previously only logged into a FaceTime with her Phone number. We fixed that and then it worked.
Spent a couple hours today trying to connect with a friend. We figured out that you need to be sure that the number is listed as iPhone in your contacts and that you are able to facetime with the same person you are trying to Walkie Talkie to. If you can't FaceTime with them then Walkie Talkie will not work either.
Initiate a FaceTime audio call to the person you want to Walkie Talkie with, and have them answer the FaceTime audio call from their watch. After you hang up, one of you send the invite again. Those are the exact steps I took and it worked for us!
Don't know if this will help, but I had similar issue, where there were no contacts showing in walkie-talkie app, finally fixed the issue by:
a) Resetting Network Connections on iphone;
and then;
b) Hard resetting Watch (hold down crown AND side button simultaneously for a few seconds till apple logo appears)
One other way to solve it for sure is going on both devices trying to connect and on the iPhone it’s connected to go to settings>general>reset>reset network settings and it will work once rebooted. Let me know if this works.
Thanks so much. This fixed the problem. Even after 1 WEEK of to and froing with Apple Tech support and Second & THIRD level support.!!
Turns out we just weren't signed in to FaceTime with our Apple ID's.
Ever consider a job with apple tech support????? 😉😉
THANK YOU...!
My contact was labeled mobile instead of iPhone... once I switched it, it worked.. thanks for posting!
Had the same problem trying to connect with my friend who I chat with daily. We couldn't get it working until we made sure the numbers we were using stated they were iPhones in contacts and we Facetime'd together and then it worked.
Unpair your Apple Watch from your phone, and pair it again as a new device (don’t use your backup), then send a new invite to your watch from theirs and it should work.
You must have to other person’s Apple ID email address saved under there name! That is the fix
Just to clarify for others, it's not just about signing in with your iCloud account email - I was already signed in. I had to sign out and then back in again. I suspect you would have to do this after upgrading to WATCH OS 5. And be sure it's the account you use for iCloud services - I have one Apple ID for iCloud service and one for iTunes, thanks to Apple's inexplicable inability to merge accounts.
That’s what we are doing, only it says the invite was sent but no one ever receives it, therefore no one can accept the invite.
The only reason i am buying a new Apple Watch is the walkie talkie feauture.
now its not working in apple watch 2.
and top of that it hangs when i try to add contacts always.. cannot show more than Q in the contact list.
IF ANYONE IS PLANNING TO BUY FOR THIS FEAUTURE DO NOT BUY. I AM LOOKING WAYS TO GET A REFUND FOR MY NEW APPLE WATCH 4
Walkie talkie invites not sending/being received.
