While the Apple Watch is gaining a handful of helpful features with watchOS 27, it’s also losing one that some users might miss.

Walkie-Talkie app appears to be discontinued in watchOS 27

As MacRumors noticed, watchOS 27 beta 1 no longer includes the Walkie-Talkie app or Control Center tile.

While it’s possible this will change in a future beta, it seems more likely that the experience, which is only offered on the Apple Watch, is just going away this year.

Walkie-Talkie was introduced as a bit of a novelty feature in watchOS 5 in 2018, though some Apple Watch users have found it useful in practical scenarios.

The Apple Watch app still works in watchOS 26.…