Wednesday, October 25, 2023

How Far Does the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app Reach?

Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie Range: How Far Does It Reach (2023)?  
https://www.iphonelife.com/content/apple-watch-walkie-talkie-range-how-far-does-it-reach
"The Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie range is actually not limited, since it uses cellular data or WiFi to communicate instantaneously."
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This means that as long as you have cellular or Wi-Fi connection, you'll be able to chat with someone across the country. The only limitation is that you'll want to check whether you have enabled the FaceTime app to use cellular data on your iPhone."
"Before you can get started with using the Walkie-Talkie on your Apple Watch, you should check to make sure you have FaceTime enabled on your iPhone. If FaceTime is not enabled, your Walkie-Talkie app will not work at all."

How Far Does the Apple Watch Reach? -
How close to your iPhone your Watch needs to be:
https://www.lifewire.com/how-far-does-the-apple-watch-reach-5216329
"Bluetooth on the Apple Watch has a maximum range of 100 meters/330 feet, though the range may be shorter in practice.
If the paired iPhone is connected to a known Wi-Fi network, the Apple Watch and iPhone can communicate over Wi-Fi."
"The critical question for that scenario is: How far apart can the Apple Watch and iPhone be?
  The answer depends on how the Watch and iPhone connect. The two devices connect via Bluetooth, a short-range wireless technology. The most recent Apple Watch models use Bluetooth 4.0, which has a maximum range of 100 meters/330 feet.
  The maximum connection distance supported by Bluetooth 4.0 isn't always quite that long in real-world use. In many cases, the maximum length will decrease because of environmental circumstances: primarily walls and floors and the number of wireless signals in any given area.

What Happens When an Apple Watch Is Out of Bluetooth Range?
  What happens if the Apple Watch and iPhone are so far apart that they can't connect to each other? That's where Wi-Fi comes in.
  If the Watch and iPhone can't connect over Bluetooth, they fall back to trying to connect via their built-in Wi-Fi chips.
  In that case, if the iPhone is connected to a 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi network (the Watch isn't compatible with 5Ghz Wi-Fi networks), the Watch attempts to make contact with it over Wi-Fi. That means the supported distance between the devices, in that case, is anywhere that Wi-Fi can reach. While that's not necessarily a lot farther apart than with Bluetooth, it does mean that the Watch and iPhone can communicate with each other when they're in the same building, for example."

Use Walkie-Talkie on your Apple Watch:
 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208917
  https://www.guidingtech.com/how-to-use-walkie-talkie-on-apple-watch/

What is the range of the walkie talkie app?: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250268474
"Walkie-Talkie is a Push-to-Talk FaceTime audio connection. It's range is anywhere you can connect to the internet."

Use your Apple Watch without your iPhone nearby

Check The WiFi Connection On Your Apple Watch:
https://www.upphone.com/learn/how-to/devices-lh/apple-watch-lh/check-your-apple-watchs-wifi-connection/
"Since your Apple Watch uses the same Wi-Fi connection as your iPhone, we'll make sure your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi."

How to know whether your Apple Watch is connected to the internet or not:
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2022/01/20/internet-connectivity-on-apple-watch/

How to use Wi-Fi on the Apple Watch: https://www.imore.com/how-your-apple-watch-connects-wi-fi-networks-when-away-your-iphone
"Your Apple Watch can only connect to 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi networks."









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