Soon after Bharti Airtel announced the voice-over Wi-Fi calling feature in India, Reliance Jio also unveiled the service called Jio Wi-Fi Calling with pan-India support. If you are new to the Wi-Fi calling term, it allows users to make and receive calls over a connected Wi-Fi network when there is no network coverage or signal strength is low without any extra cost.
Although Airtel has recently expanded the region for Wi-Fi calling support in India, Reliance Jio has already announced pan-India support for the service. Also, currently, both the network service providers support for a limited number of handsets and if you want to check whether your smartphone supports Wi-Fi calling or not, you can check it here.
Meanwhile, if you want to activate this service on your smartphone running Airtel or Reliance Jio SIM card, follow our step-by-step guide:
For Apple iPhone
- Open Settings app on your iPhone
- Navigate to ‘Phone’ option and tap on it
- Now, tap on ‘Wi-Fi Calling’
- Here, turn on the Wi-Fi Calling on This iPhone toggle to ‘On’
- It will then prompt with ‘Enable Wi-Fi Calling popup, tap Enable button to activate the service
For Android smartphones
Activating Wi-Fi Calling feature is a little different on Android devices as different smartphone makers can put the feature under different Settings options. For now, we will refer to Stock Android smartphone for this how-to guide.
- Head to ‘Settings’ of your smartphone
- Tap on ‘Connections’ option
- Here, look for the option ‘Wi-Fi Calling’ and set the toggle to ‘On’
Samsung smartphone users can also follow the steps mentioned above to activate the service.
Alternatively, you can search the Settings menu for Wi-Fi Calling and turn the feature on.
Note: In case, you are unable to find the Wi-Fi calling option in your smartphone, check whether your handset is supported and your service provider offers the Wi-Fi Calling service in your region.
