What it is
Push to Talk Plus is a mobile app for instant, reliable communications to a single contact or group with the simple push of a button.
Push to Talk Plus connects you to contacts who may be using a different device, including basic phones, smartphones, tablets and land mobile radios (LMRs). It uses the Verizon network or Wi-Fi to ensure reliable calling.
Employees can communicate to a single contact, collaborate with a group or broadcast across your company.
Push to Talk Plus works on dozens of devices, including basic devices, a variety of Android® and Apple® iOS smart devices, and popular connected iPad® and Samsung® tablets.
Optional add-on feature bundles can extend your Push to Talk Plus capabilities even further.
- Group Advanced Option: Call large groups of up to 3,000 members or location-based temporary groups. Set up urgent calling notifications to interrupt any ongoing Push to Talk Plus calls in a specified group.
- Group Command Option: This set of capabilities includes Group Advanced, Discrete Listening to follow specific conversations remotely and User Check to monitor employee location, battery status and signal strength.
Benefits and features
Connect easily
Send text and voice messages, plus share photos, videos, files and locations with contacts and groups.
LMR interoperability
Integrate your existing land mobile radio (LMR) with Push to Talk Plus so you can use both mobile devices and LMRs on the same dispatch system.
Broadcast capabilities
Make announcements to up to 500 users, delivering critical information to everyone who needs it.
Supported devices
Push to Talk Plus works on dozens of devices, including basic devices, a variety of Android and Apple iOS smart devices, and popular connected iPad and Samsung tablets. For more information on additional supported devices contact a rep
Samsung Galaxy S23
Brilliant display and Quick Share shares data across devices without losing quality. Pair with Verizon's ultrafast 5G Ultra Wideband network.
Apple iPhone 15
Stay on top of the latest with Dynamic Island alerts. All-day battery life helps you take charge.
Apple iPhone SE (3rd Gen)
Serious power. Serious value. With A15 Bionic chip for lightning-fast performance.
Kyocera DuraForce PRO 3
DuraForce PRO® 3 offers enterprise-level durability and enhanced security and functionality to help keep teams connected wherever they are.
Kyocera DuraXV Extreme+
A durable, compact and reliable talk and text phone that supports up to 10 devices on the built-in mobile hotspot.
Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro
Rugged, water- and drop-resistant. MIL-STD-810H and IP68 rated. Long-lasting replaceable battery.
Apple iPad (10th Gen) 10.9"
With a powerful A14 Bionic chip to seamlessly run essential apps and multitask with ease.
Why choose us
Fast, reliable connectivity
#1
overall network performance 20 times in a row¹
A Leader
in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 4G and 5G Private Mobile Network Services³
5
years best wireline customer satisfaction²
30
years managing complex networks worldwide
Resources
What is Push to Talk Plus?
Learn what Push to Talk Plus can do for your business and how it goes well beyond traditional push-to-talk services.
Push to Talk Plus features
Find out about advanced grouping, multimedia capabilities, ad hoc talk groups and more.
How to use Push to Talk Plus
Watch this how-to video to discover the full range of options and expanded capabilities enabled by push-to-talk technology.
FAQs
Push-to-talk software is a type of communication technology that works when a user presses a key or button to initiate conversation, and then releases it when done speaking so the other person can respond. Push-to-talk is faster than communicating with text messages since you can continue talking without having to wait for a response, and it’s less disruptive because there is no ringing or other audio alert to initiate a push-to-talk conversation.
Push to Talk Plus can work for any size organization–from small businesses to enterprises and public sector agencies that require instant communication. Push to Talk Plus is also beneficial to businesses such as construction, distribution, energy and other industries in which field work and remote sites are critical.
The Push to Talk Plus application can work on devices connected to other carrier networks, helping to keep everyone on your team connected. In addition, Push to Talk Plus is interoperable with LMR so that employees with radios can communicate with those that have other devices, such as a smartphone, tablet or even a basic landline.
¹Based on rankings from the RootMetrics® US National RootScore® Report: 2H 2013-1H 2023. Rankings based on the RootMetrics metro RootScore Reports for 125 metro areas: Tested with best commercially available smartphones on three mobile networks across all available network types. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of Verizon.
²For J.D. Power 2023 award information, visit jdpower.com/awards.
³Gartner, Magic Quadrant for 4G and 5G Private Mobile Network Services, Sylvain Fabre, Peter Liu, Pablo Arriandiaga, Gaspar Valdivia, Mohini Dukes, Kosei Takiishi, Frank Marsala, 6 January 2025.
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