Press the wavy-lined icon on the left at the top right cluster of three icons.
Or ask Siri to "Intercom <stuff>" and it'll pipe it out the speakers (and peoples phones if they set that enabled!)
replyWalkie Talkie has a dedicated "app" icon on WatchOS and I wonder how much more it would be used by people if iOS and iPadOS offered a more obvious link pinnable to the Home Screen like WatchOS.
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