Motorola Talkabout User Reviews

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Rough around the edges

I'v read and accept.

In the initial agreements, oops, lots of spelling errors in the help too.

Very buggy when adding other radio users. Almost impossible to add using their ID.

Offline maps limit is ridiculously small. Let's you select an area with it being too large too.

Please fix the map download.
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Rough around the edges

I'v read and accept.

In the initial agreements, oops, lots of spelling errors in the help too.

Very buggy when adding other radio users. Almost impossible to add using their ID.

Offline maps limit is ridiculously small. Let's you select an area with it being too large too.

Bluetooth can’t pair at all. Must use app for pairing.

With current IOS and new phone their app doesn’t want to pair. Tried two different devices. My guess is no one looks at bugs.

App works great! Not sure about bad rating.

I tried this with my brother in preparation of a cruise ship. After a little trouble pairing, the app works fantastically! I hope they continue to develop it.

To limited offline map size

The offline map file size is way too restricted. Even the upper circle of the Yellowstone map already exceeds the limit, which makes it really hard to keep track of my friends during the trip.

Offline Maps feature is a joke!

Get rid of ridiculous 6000 tile limit! Can’t even download a day hike worth of satellite+street size map! My iPhone has plenty of space and this app imposes an artificial limit on how many tiles you can download!

Confused by the low rating

Idk I got the app, it paired quick and easy with my radio, got my wife’s phone and paired hers in like 5 seconds and added her profile to mine and sent messages, all within like 2 minutes of unboxing. The app is clean and smooth, responsive, not buggy, and easy to comprehend. The map seems nice haven’t really used but it overall seems like a well rounded simple app and it pairs great with the obviously great walkie talkies? Again I’m throughly confused by the low star reviews, maybe they were for older versions or something.
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No Help!

Can’t even login. No access of directions. A real shoddy app!

Account creation doesn’t work and the email for support gets bounced back as undeliverable

When I talked to support they said uninstall and reinstall then hung up. That didn’t work either.

Can’t create account

Like other reviews say. As of now you can’t use the app which was a big reason I bought the device.

Useless

Cannot even create an account. Receiving “request failed” notice but no reason as to why.

Map screen blank

There are no maps on-line. Also could not download anything for off line use. The map screen is just a black canvas. Old school gps used to be this way and we made it work but that was 20 years ago. Get it together Motorola.

Unusable app

I bought the T803’s to use with this app. Finally got the offline maps downloaded l, members added and location points saved. A few hours later I opened the app only to discover everything was deleted. I added everything back in and downloaded offline maps again. Hours later, everything was deleted again. Tried it on another phone and did the same thing. Seriously, what is Motorola thinking here? It’s August of 2024 and the app hasn’t been updated since last year. Also, the T803’s we could barely get a mile out of them on a straight road line of sight. Just absolute junk.
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Beware

Bought 4 and was unable to even download a map let alone use it to navigate or communicate. Could not do this at home let alone in the field. Concept is very cool but does not appear to perform and will be returning the devices.

I can't created an account

I get an error message that does not allow to create account.

Believe the 1-star reviews

Maps haven’t worked for a long time. I understand a small downtime for updates but at this point, Motorola is lying and cheating their customers.

Bluetooth Audio Accessory - Major Flaws

I bought this with the intent to connect to my iPhone and use my Bluetooth headset for communication. For reference it’s a Sena 50C motorcycle helmet headset. It has speakers and a microphone that work fine in every other app, however it will not work in this app. Because of that, I cannot use VOX and will have to push a button and talk into the walkie-talkie mic.
However, that’s not even the worst part!
The worst part is that the app stops sending audio to your Bluetooth device if the app is not main and open. That means no Apple or other external maps.
Nearly as tragic is that the app overtakes all other audio applications so you cannot use music and voice at the same time. Probably returning the T802s I bought on Amazon because of this.
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Why do I need an account to use offline maps?

There’s nothing that tells you that you should create an account to get a full feature set and then after you’re done with setup you realize you can’t use offline maps… Jank.

Everything about this app is garbage!

Everything about the application, and the T800 Series Motorola radio are garbage, including the customer service.

The application is and has been nothing but half baked builds, never has it been useable without a ton of bugs that Motorola never cared to fix. All about profit and don’t give a *** about quality.
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Download map functionality completely inoperable

It is impossible to download a map in the app for use offline, so that you can send your GPS coordinates to the other user (as advertised).

If it allows you to do it at all, it’s such a tiny map area that it’s useless. Support had me uninstall and reinstall the app. It worked once and then went straight back to the way it was before.

This does NOT deliver on its promise, or justify the price of the radios.
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