Since the past few months, Airtel and Reliance Jio was working on the WiFi Calling feature in the NCR region. Last Week, Airtel became the first telecom provider in India to enable WiFi calling function for its prepaid and postpaid users. It will let users make calls over VoIP using the WiFi network. In today’s write-up, we will let our users know about how to enable Airtel WiFi Calling on smartphones.
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What is WiFi Calling?
It is a technology that allows users to make and receive calls over a wireless internet connection. It eliminates the use of a cellular network. No matter if the receiver has an internet connection or not, the caller needs to be on the WiFi to successfully connect the call over VoIP using the WiFi network. It has several advantages over the typical calling facility provided by cellular networks.
Advantages of WiFi Calling:
- Unclog Cellular Network – In the areas of dense population, the carriers opt for the WiFi-calling facility. It allows companies to decongest their typical cellular networks.
- No Extra charge – Airtel is currently offering the WiFI-calling facility at no extra charges.
- HD Quality Audio – In some stranded off regions or scarcely populated areas, the carriers do not offer VoLTE or HD voice capability. However, with WIFi-calling, the users can make HD calls.
- Expansion in-network coverage without more significant investment – It is a smart idea of expanding the network coverage without investing in the high-end infrastructure.
While announcing the service, the company spokesperson said, “Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is designed to enhance voice calling experience for Airtel smartphone customers, especially when they are indoors. With Airtel Wi-Fi Calling, customers with Wi-Fi at home or office will get excellent signal quality indoors. There will be no extra charge for calls made over Airtel Wi-Fi Calling, and the application consumes minimal data.”
Compatibility:
Airtel WiFi-Calling works only with compatible smartphones.
It currently supports :
- Samsung J6, Samsung A10s, Samsung On6, Samsung M30s support Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
- All iPhone starting iPhone 6s and above are supported. This means iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Plus, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Plus support Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
- Xiaomi Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro, and POCO F1 support Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
- OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, and OnePlus 7T Pro support Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
- Support for more phones coming soon.
Prerequisites:
Some limitations are put forth by the Airtel while using the WiFi-Calling on its network.
- The Phone should be compatible with the WiFi-Calling Network.
- You should be residing in the Delhi NCR region to use the service as of now.
- Upgrade to the latest firmware version.
- Airtel Broadband connection is only supported as of now.
Steps to activate Airtel WiFi- Calling facility
- Make sure your smartphone supports the VoWifi feature, and it has been enabled.
- Connect to the Airtel Broadband connection.
- Turn on VoLTE service for Airtel SIM by heading to Settings > Networks > Airtel SIM > Toggle VoLTE.
- Now, enable WiFi call settings by heading to Settings > SIM & Network Settings > Airtel SIM > Activate Make Calls using WiFi option.
- That’s it.
Now, Airtel users having the devices mentioned above can easily access the WiFI-Calling facility. It is currently available for the Airtel users in the Delhi NCR region. However, the company is looking to expand the service to more cities very soon. If you have any problem while setting the VoWIFI facility, then let us know by commenting below.
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