My family also relies on the walkie talkie feature. This feature alone was a selling point for my family and I. No other watches or devices offer the same function. If your looking to get rid of apps and features I can think of 10 others like the handwashing app for example. I really hoped you all would have made it better in this update. Really sad to see it go and with it gone, we will most likely look at moving from Apple in the next update.