Facing issues with voice calling? This feature can help

Due to the entire lockdown and stay at home practices to contain the novel coronavirus, the entire country is now depending upon their smartphones to communicate with their friends, family and office colleagues. Because of the increased load muted calls, stammering voice or frequent call drops has become common now.

If you are facing such an issue and have already started wondering about calling the customer care to register a complaint regarding the same, you should give Wi-Fi calling a try. Well, Wi-Fi calling is a technology that uses the existing Wi-Fi connection to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi using their existing phone number without any additional charges.

Here are some general benefits of using Wi-Fi calling:

• Boost the network strength to make uninterrupted calls
• It uses the same mobile number and smartphones default dialer and does not require any additional app.
• Helps connect in case of signal issues in remote areas or cellular-dark zones of a building

What do you need to use Wi-Fi calling

• Airtel or Reliance Jio active SIM
• A smartphone that supports Wi-Fi calling (check the complete list here)
• Smartphone must be connected to a Wi-Fi network
• Any active voice plan on the number
• Also, ensure that the SIM is set to 4G and VoLTE is turned on

How to activate Wi-Fi calling on Android smartphones

1.Open Settings on your smartphone

2.Tap on Connections

3.Now, look for the option Wi-Fi calling and turn on the toggle

How to activate Wi-Fi calling on iPhone

1.Open Settings

2.Head to Phone option

3.Look for Wi-Fi calling and turn on the toggle

How to make calls using Wi-Fi calling

As already mentioned, Wi-Fi calling is a smartphone’s built-in feature and does not require any additional app to work. So make calls using Wi-Fi calling. All you need to do is use the smartphone’s default dialer app and dial the number. The smartphone makes the switch to Wi-Fi calling automatically when it detects that the network strength is not strong enough.