Get started with Teams Walkie Talkie

Overview

You may already use a walkie talkie-like device at work—to coordinate with coworkers, ask for immediate assistance, contact security, and so on. Like traditional walkie talkies, you press and hold a button to speak on the Teams Walkie Talkie, and release the button to listen.

Unlike traditional walkie talkies, the Teams Walkie Talkie is on your phone (no extra device to carry around!) and integrated with your Teams environment.

Open Walkie Talkie

• In Teams, tap Walkie Talkie in the navigation bar.
  
  

If you don’t see the Walkie Talkie app when you open Teams, swipe up from the bottom of your screen or tap More options  to access it.

Pin the Walkie Talkie app for quick access

If Walkie Talkie is not already pinned to the navigation bar in Teams, here’s how to do it.

1. In Teams, swipe up on the bottom navigation and tap Edit.

2. In Edit navigation, drag Walkie Talkie from More Apps to the top section.

Connect to a channel

You can connect to only one channel at a time. To listen or speak on a different channel, switch channels.

1. Tap the right-facing arrow next to Channel.
   
   

2. Select a channel.
   
   

3. Tap Connect.
   
   

Now you'll receive all communications on your selected channel.

The number next to   indicates how many people are currently connected to the channel, including yourself.

Tap   to see who is connected.

Walkie Talkie devices

The following specialized devices with a dedicated PTT button make it possible to speak and receive Walkie Talkie calls even when your phone is locked. 

Want to know more?

Communicate with your team in Walkie Talkie

For IT admins

Walkie Talkie app in Microsoft Teams