How to Enable com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip Entitlement for Production App?

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We are developing a walkie-talkie style iOS app using CallKit and PushKit for real-time voice communication. The app is intended for internal company use and requires unrestricted VoIP push capabilities to reliably deliver incoming call alerts, even in background or locked states.

Our app's use case follows Apple’s guidelines, and we are not using PushKit for messaging or background data. We have already enabled "Push Notifications" in Capabilities and confirmed the provisioning profile, but are unable to enable com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip.

Could someone from Apple or the community advise on the current process to request this entitlement for a production app?

Developer Team ID: 3KX7Q4LX88
App Bundle ID: com.ksc-sys.rcc.TakumiTalk
Developer Name: KOHEI TAKAOKA
Company: R C C, Y.K

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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Our app's use case follows Apple’s guidelines, and we are not using PushKit for messaging or background data. We have already enabled "Push Notifications" in Capabilities and confirmed the provisioning profile, but are unable to enable com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip.

The entitlement has been deprecated, as it was a temporary solution which the PushToTalk framework replaced.

Could someone from Apple or the community advise on the current process to request this entitlement for a production app?

In the past, push to talk apps could request this entitlement by contacting DTS, however, this entitlement has been deprecated and new request have not been approved since we introduced the PushToTalk framework in iOS 16. Real time voice communication app should use either the PushToTalk framework and/or PushKit with CallKit / LiveCommunicationKit. No special entitlements are necessary or available for any of the APIs.

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Kevin Elliott
DTS Engineer, CoreOS/Hardware

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Apple

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Note that, as described here, the "com.apple.developer.pushkit.unrestricted-voip.ptt" entitlement has been disabled in the iOS 26 SDK.

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Kevin Elliott
DTS Engineer, CoreOS/Hardware

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