Wi-Fi calling is a feature was introduced in 2014 with the update of iOS 8, but unfortunately many users are unaware of this feature, when it was released, not many telecommunications companies support it (and so far it is not supported in some countries), in this article dear The educated reader who must know everything about the technology, we will get to know this feature in detail, how it works and you will become the expert to use Wi-fi calling on iPhone 12.
What is the Wi-Fi Calling Feature? How to Use on Your iPhone 12?
You want to make a phone call to someone, and this is the basic feature of the phone from the ground up if you remember, so we call it a phone and not a Facebook browser or an app launcher and in order to make this call, your phone must have a connection to a communications network that has a cell tower, so when you call the phone, this network does its turn and works to connect you to the other party, but what if the network is weak and you do not receive a good signal, here comes the idea of a Wi-Fi connection, it depends on the carrier and relies on a technology called SIP/IMS.
The Wi-Fi Calling technology allows your iPhone to make and receive phone calls using a regular Wi-Fi network. Instead of routing your voice packets through the nearest cellular tower to your carrier, these packets are passed over the Internet to a console your cell company uses. The end result is that you talk, but you don’t use a cell tower to do so. For people who live in areas with poor or inconsistent cellular reception, Wi-Fi calling is the absolute lifesaver.
Steps to Make Wi-Fi Calling from iPhone 12
- Turn on “Wi-Fi Calling” by going “Settings“> “Phone“> “Wi-Fi Calling.”
- You may need to enter or confirm your address for emergency services.
- If “Wi-Fi Calling” is available, the Wi-Fi network will appear after your carrier name in the status bar. Then your communications will use “Wi-Fi Calling”.
This option will only appear if your telecom operator supports this feature.
Steps to Make and Receive Wi-Fi Calling from Another Device
An amazing feature in Wi-Fi calling is that it turns your other devices into devices that can communicate and receive calls even if the iPhone is far from it. You may ask how this is possible, and devices such as the iPad do not have a phone application, you can make a connection to any phone using Wi-Fi calls via FaceTime, and it is not required that the other party has FaceTime, but the conversation must be audio only, not video.
You must add your other device in the iPhone 12 settings to use the Wi-Fi Calling feature, which allows you to use “Wi-Fi Calling” on this device.
- Make sure that the device you want to add has the latest version of iOS. Then follow these steps:
- On the iPhone, go to “Settings”> “Phone”> “Wi-Fi Calling”.
- Turn on “Add Wi-Fi Calling to Other Devices“.
- Return to the previous screen, then press “Calls on other devices“.
- Turn on “Allow calls on other devices” if it is not on.
- A list of your eligible devices appears under “Allow calls on“.
- Turn on every device that you want to use for “Wi-Fi Calling.”
After that, make sure that your other device will receive calls from the iPhone 12.
On an iPad or iPod touch, go to “Settings“> FaceTime, then turn on “Calls from iPhone.”
On a Mac, open the FaceTime app, and choose FaceTime> “Preferences.” Then turn on “Calls from iPhone.”
- Connect from iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.
- Open FaceTime.
- Click on “Sound.”
- Enter a contact or phone number, and tap the Phone button Wi-Fi Calls.
- Call from Apple Watch.
- Open the “Phone” application.
- Choose a contact.
- Press the phone button Wi-Fi Calls.
- Choose the phone number or FaceTime address you want to call.
