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Trevor Sheridan: When my device received Kevin's message, it displayed a notice that contained his name and image, providing transparency into who I'm receiving messages from. Are you ready to cover your WWDC slides? Over. I can transmit audio to the channel by pressing and holding the Talk button and then waiting for the system chime to indicate that I can begin speaking. The system UI displays the name of the Push To Talk channel that I've joined and an image provided by the app to help users quickly identify the channel. When there is an active Push To Talk channel, a blue pill will appear in the status bar.

I can transmit audio directly from the app using the microphone button, but the PushToTalk framework allows me to access the transmit feature from anywhere in the system. Trevor and a few of our colleagues have joined the same channel so that we can communicate throughout the day. Once I'm joined to the channel, I can transmit and receive audio to other members of the channel. To start, I'll tap the join button to connect to a Push To Talk session, which we call a channel. Trevor and I have built a demo app to show how PushToTalk works.
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Before we begin walking through the code for the new PushToTalk framework, we want to demonstrate how the Push To Talk experience can work in your app.

If you are building your first Push To Talk app, keep these integration considerations in mind as you begin architecting your code. Your apps can continue to integrate with these accessories using the CoreBluetooth framework and can trigger audio recording in PushToTalk.
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Finally, many Push To Talk apps rely on wireless Bluetooth accessories to trigger audio recording and transmission. This provides flexibility in how audio transmission is handled by your app and enables compatibility with other platforms. The framework allows your app to implement its own audio encoding and streaming process to transmit audio between users. If you've already implemented a Push To Talk workflow in your app, it should be easy for you to integrate the PushToTalk framework into your existing code. The PushToTalk framework is designed to be compatible with existing end-to-end communication solutions and backend infrastructure. When your app receives this notification, it is launched in the background so that it can stream and play audio. The PushToTalk framework accomplishes this by introducing a new push notification type that notifies your app when new audio is available for playback. The system provides transparency to users by showing who's speaking when your app plays audio from your server. The system UI allows a user to quickly activate an audio transmission, which will launch your app in the background to record and stream audio to your server. The PushToTalk framework provides you with APIs to utilize a system UI that users can access anywhere on the system without having to directly launch your app. At the same time, a Push To Talk app must be power efficient to ensure that users can maintain all-day battery life while using the app. To provide a great Push To Talk experience, users need a way to quickly access audio transmission features while also being able to see who is responding to them. Push To Talk apps have many uses in fields where rapid communication is essential such as health care and emergency services. The PushToTalk framework enables you to build a new class of audio communication app on iOS that provides a walkie-talkie style experience for your users. I'll get started by introducing key features of the new PushToTalk framework. Finally, Trevor will wrap up with best practices for enhancing the Push To Talk user experience while preserving battery life for your users.
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After that, Trevor will walk through how to transmit and receive audio using the framework.

Next, we'll go over how to configure your app for PushToTalk. First, I'll introduce the PushToTalk framework and explain how it fits into your app. Later I'll be joined by my colleague Trevor to talk about how you can enhance voice communication in your apps with this new framework. ♪ Mellow instrumental hip-hop music ♪ ♪ Kevin Ferrell: Hi, my name is Kevin, and I'm an engineer working on the new PushToTalk framework, which enables a walkie-talkie system experience for apps on iOS.
