Walkie Talkie, an open source peer-to-peer iOS communicator

Re:Walkie Talkie, an open source peer-to-peer iOS communicator by al_borland on Sunday November 02, 2025 @06:27PM (#45794339)

Fun fact, there is some radio streaming built into the iPhone (all the Siri stuff too, so HomePods).

I found this out when a DJ on the radio kept yelling “hey siri play… <insert call sign here>”, and the same with OK Google.

I was getting annoyed, because he kept triggering my HomePod, but it didn’t understand what he said as the command. Then one time it worked. The DJ yelled and my HomePod kicked on and started playing the same station.

I assume this harkens back to the Internet radio that iTunes has supported forever.

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Re:Walkie Talkie, an open source peer-to-peer iOS communicator by not4uffin on Sunday November 02, 2025 @07:34PM (#45794731)

I didn’t know that, thank you for this very useful info!

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Re:Walkie Talkie, an open source peer-to-peer iOS communicator by dbbk on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:32AM (#45798763)

It's literally one of the main tabs in Apple Music

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Re:Walkie Talkie, an open source peer-to-peer iOS communicator by al_borland on Monday November 03, 2025 @03:04PM (#45803733)

They pushed Apple Music 1 so hard, and now filled it with so much other nonsense, that I’m betting most people overlook that it also has their local stations. I have to scroll nearly to the bottom to get to the local stations.

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