This is big news. I have periodically tried it ever since it was released and not once have I gotten it to work. Until now.

I am on a Mexican vacation with my family and both of my tween kids have Apple Watches. We gave them free run of the resort but wanted to get a hold of them easily. I figured what the hell, let’s try walkie talkie again. AND BY GOLY IT WORKED on my series 7 and my wife and daughters SEs. It wasn’t perfect — especially at the beach where WiFi was spotty — but around the resort itself it worked perfectly. If we could hear it. I don’t believe there are any haptics when you get a message. But otherwise it finally worked!