watchOS 27 removes Walkie-Talkie app after eight years with no explanation

Apple quietly killed Walkie-Talkie in watchOS 27 beta with no announcement, eight years after introducing it in 2018 and seven years after a security flaw let strangers listen through your microphone without your knowledge. No fix, no farewell. Meanwhile, watchOS 27 adds a perimenopause alert for users 40 and over, works on iPhone alone, and still launches without Siri AI, which is also blocked in the EU at release. Telegram, for its part, just added full Apple Watch support. Apple removed a watch feature the same week a competitor added one.