Airtel Wi-fi calling service available Pan-India: How do you get it, everything explained
New Delhi, Jan 10: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday said its mobile customers across the country can now use its Wi-Fi calling service using any Wi-Fi network. Airtel, which had introduced voice-over Wi-Fi last month, said the service has crossed one million users.
The service enables customers to switch seamlessly from LTE to Wi-Fi-based calling when they are inside their homes or offices, thereby enhancing indoor voice calling experience for smartphone customers. There are no extra charges for making calls via Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
"Following the extremely positive customer feedback, the company has accelerated the roll-out of its innovative service across the country. Airtel Wi-Fi calling is now available to Airtel mobile customers across India," a statement said.
It added that the service can now be accessed by Airtel mobile customers over any home or public Wi-Fi network.
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The company said it has been engaging with smartphone manufacturers to make all popular smartphone models compatible with the service.
Over 100 smartphone models across 16 brands are now compatible with Airtel Wi-Fi calling, it added. "The technology has transformed the indoor network quality for Airtel mobile customers, particularly in high population density areas in urban markets.
Airtel is also the first to make the service LIVE across India and our customers can use the feature on any Wi-Fi," Bharti Airtel Chief Technology Officer Randeep Sekhon said.
Earlier this week, Reliance Jio had launched voice and video calling over Wi-Fi service.
The company had said Jio Wi-Fi calling, which works on the largest ecosystem of handsets, will also allow users to make video calls over Wi-Fi.
Check
if
your
phone
supports
it
or
not:
Airtel
Wi-Fi
calling
is
compatible
with
Samsung
Galaxy
S10-series,
Galaxy
M20,
Galaxy
J6,
Galaxy
On6,
Galaxy
M30s,
Galaxy
A10s,
Galaxy
A50s,
and
Galaxy
Note
9,
Apple
iPhone
6s
and
later,
including
the
latest
iPhone
11-series,
OnePlus
6,
OnePlus
6T,
OnePlus
7,
OnePlus
7
Pro,
OnePlus
7T,
OnePlus
7T
Pro,
POCO
F1,
Redmi
K20,
Redmi
K20
Pro,
Redmi
7A,
Redmi
Note
7
Pro,
Redmi
Y3,
Redmi
7.
How
does
Wi-Fi
calling
works?
Airtel
networks
already
offer
VoLTE
calls,
where
the
calls
are
made
using
the
data
connectivity.
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The Wi-Fi calling is nothing but an addition to this technology. With Airtel Wi-Fi calling now being accessible, instead of using the LTE data, the calls will now use the Wi-Fi data, if the phone is connected to a robust Wi-Fi network.
It all works only if the users' phone supports Wi-Fi calling and if you have enabled it by going into the phone's cellular settings, Wi-Fi calling feature will work automatically.
This means when you make or receive a call, and when you are connected to a good Wi-Fi network, your call will be made using the Wi-Fi connection.
If your Wi-Fi connection drops, the call will start using the 4G or GSM network in your phone. It will happen automatically and you don't have to do anything manually.