Brand a call with Wi-Fi Calling

With Wi-Fi Calling, you can make or receive a phone call if you have a Wi-Fi connectedness in an area with petty or no cellular coverage. Learn how to brand a voice phone call using Wi-Fi Calling.

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An iPhone showing the Wi-Fi Calling screen, with Wi-Fi Calling on This Phone turned on.

Place Wi-Fi calls from your iPhone

Turn on Wi-Fi calling in Settings > Telephone > Wi-Fi Calling. Yous might demand to enter or confirm your address for emergency services.*

If Wi-Fi Calling is bachelor, you'll see Wi-Fi after your carrier proper name in the status bar. And so your calls will utilise Wi-Fi Calling.

* When cellular service is bachelor, your iPhone uses it for emergency calls. If you turned on Wi-Fi Calling and cellular service isn't available, emergency calls might employ Wi-Fi calling. Your device's location may be used to aid response efforts when you place an emergency telephone call, regardless of whether you lot enable Location Services.

Add a device

Make sure that the device you want to add has the latest version of software. So follow these steps:

An iPhone showing the Calls on Other Devices screen. Allow Calls on Other Devices is turned on and allowing calls on John's iPad and John's MacBook Pro.

  1. On your iPhone, get to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling.
  2. Plough on Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices.
  3. Go dorsum to the previous screen, and so tap Calls on Other Devices.
  4. Turn on Allow Calls on Other Devices if it's non on. A list of your eligible devices appears under Allow Calls On.
  5. Turn on each device that y'all want to utilise with Wi-Fi Calling.

Adjacent, make sure that your other devices will take calls from your iPhone:

  • On your iPad or iPod bear on, go to Settings > FaceTime. Then plow on Calls from iPhone.
  • On your Mac, open the FaceTime app and choose FaceTime > Preferences. Then plow on Calls from iPhone.

Wi-Fi Calling is enabled automatically for Apple Watch when you turn on Allow Calls on Other Devices.

If you can't add a device, check these items:

  • On your iPhone, make certain that Wi-Fi Calling and Allow Calls on Other Devices are on, and that your device appears under Allow Calls On.
  • Make sure that you're using the same Apple tree ID for FaceTime and iCloud on your iPhone and your other device.

Brand and receive Wi-Fi calls from another device

If your carrier supports Wi-Fi Calling on iCloud-connected devices, you can also make and receive Wi-Fi calls on other devices.

Make sure that you're signed in to iCloud and FaceTime with the same Apple ID that you use on your iPhone. Also make certain that your devices take the latest software.

To place a Wi-Fi call from your iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, or Mac, follow these steps.

Call from your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac

  1. If you haven't added your device nonetheless, which allows it to use Wi-Fi Calling, add information technology.
  2. Open up FaceTime.
  3. Enter a contact or phone number, and then tap the contact or phone number.
  4. Tap the Audio button Audio button.

Y'all can too identify a call by tapping a phone number in Contacts, Postal service, Messages, Safari, and other apps.

Call from your Apple Watch

  1. Open up the Phone app.
  2. Choose a contact.
  3. Tap the telephone pushWi-Fi call.
  4. Select the number or address that y'all want to telephone call.

Remove a device

If you don't want to use Wi-Fi Calling from one of your devices, y'all can remove information technology:

  1. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Telephone > Calls on Other Devices.
  2. In the list of devices, plough off Wi-Fi Calling for the device that you want to remove.

Go assistance

If you tin't turn on or employ Wi-Fi Calling, make certain that your carrier offers Wi-Fi Calling and that your devices take the latest software. Then, follow these steps if yous tin't turn on Wi-Fi Calling or brand a Wi-Fi phone call. Wait two minutes before you become from 1 step to the side by side.

  1. Go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling and make sure that Wi-Fi Calling is on.
  2. Restart your iPhone.
  3. Connect to a different Wi-Fi network. Not all Wi-Fi networks work with Wi-Fi Calling.
  4. Turn Wi-Fi Calling off and and then on once again.
  5. Go to Settings > Full general > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset, and tap Reset Network Settings.

FaceTime isn't available in all countries or regions.

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