Hi
I’m asking for a friend because he wants to get into radios.
We could probably offer some better suggestions if we knew what your friend meant by "get into radios". There's a lot of ways to get into radios, and it should never start off with picking a random radio and then trying to get licensed for it. That's a bass-ackwards way to do things. Your friend needs to figure out what he wants to use the radios for, and then license accordingly. These are NOT FRS radios and no matter how they get used, he will need a valid license issued by the Federal Communications Commission if he is located in the United States. There's no exception to those rules.
He wants to know does he need a license to have one of these radios?
He won't need a license to own one, but he will absolutely need a license to transmit with one.
Also he wants to know would he have to program them or Do they already come pre-programmed with the frequencies in the system itself so all we have to do is charge them turn them on and then he can use them?
As stated above, these may come loaded with some test frequencies from the factory. Those frequencies are not license free. They are just random channels that are loaded in the radio to allow testing as they move down the assembly line. It's entirely possible that those frequencies may belong to a public safety agency in your area, and using those radios will cause harmful interference to their operations. That puts first responder lives at risk.
If your friend does get properly licensed by the FCC, these radios could be programmed for use in the amateur radio band. They do not meet the requirements for FRS, and they do not appear to have the necessary type certification for GMRS.
A couple of big red flags here:
-Radios sold on Amazon.
-Very minimal information about what the specifications are on the radio.
-Do not meet the requirements for FRS or GMRS.
May have type certification for FCC Part 90, but I'm not 100% sure.
-Encryption is -not- legal to use on FRS, GMRS and in most cases, amateur radio.