What is Wifi Calling: All you need to know about Airtel and Jio Wifi calling

Even though mobile network companies claim to steily d capacity and take or measures to improve cellular reception and call quality, re could be a situation where network strength is insufficient for clear voice calls. Till w, re wasn't much respite in se situations. However, Wifi calling seems to be an alternative that could help reduce occurrences of call drop issues and or difficulties faced by mobile phone users, in locations where Wifi network is stronger than cell phone network. Kw more about what is Wifi calling below:

What is Wifi Calling?

Wifi calling allows users to use any Wifi connection seamlessly to make and receive voice and video calls when cellular network is weak. If your mobile device has Wifi calling support, it can automatically switch to nearest connected Wifi network in case of low mobile signal. Once device switches over to Wifi network, it would use Wifi connection to make and receive voice and video calls.

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Can I tice any differences between a Wifi Call and a regular voice/video call?

According to Jio website, Wifi calling les to stable and clearer calls with difference in terms of calling experience for user, as compared to a regular call. Users might only tice icon in tification bar change to a phone receiver with a WiFi above it or a VoLTE (voice over LTE ) icon would appear in tification area. Apart from tification she and call quality, re is thing that differentiates Wifi calling and regular calling. In fact, like a regular voice/video call, users can make a Wifi call while roaming as well.

Things to te while using Wifi Calling

1. All calls you make and receive using Wifi calling are stored in device call logs and can be accessed re.
2. Although Wifi calling is capable of handing over calls to cellular network in case you move out of range of Wifi router, re is a chance of a pause or drop of ongoing call during process of handover. likelihood of this depends on carrier, Wifi network and device.

Is Wifi calling available in India?

Wifi calling is supported in India. At time of writing, Reliance Jio and Airtel are two leing Indian carriers that offer Wifi calling to ir users. However, geographical availability of ir service varies.

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What is Jio Wifi Calling?

Jio Wifi Calling or VoWiFi (what Jio terms it) is Jio’s official techlogy enabling support for Wifi calling on mobile phones having a Reliance Jio Network. Jio Wifi calling was anunced earlier this year and is supported on select Android and iOS devices. Reliance is offering Jio Wifi calling to all its users for free with extra costs attached, and special recharges required.

Jio Wifi Calling availability

At time of anuncement, Jio Wifi calling was anunced to have support across country. Users can make calls using Jio Wifi calling from any part of country and to any part of country. However, quality of call depends on device and Wifi network.

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What is Airtel Wifi Calling?

Airtel Wifi Calling is Bharti Airtel’s proprietary techlogy that enables Airtel users to take vant of Wifi calling. Airtel is leing Indian telecom network that brought Wifi calling into country. Airtel, just like its competitor Reliance Jio is offering Wifi calling to ir users free of cost. However, at time of writing, Airtel Wifi calling support is t available throughout India.

Airtel Wifi Calling availability

At time of launch, Airtel Wifi Calling was supported only in Delhi and NCR regions. However, recently Airtel anunced ir extension of service to leing telecom circles across country. Even with ir extended service provision, Airtel Wifi calling is still t supported pan India.

Is re a specific network or broband that I need to connect to for using Wifi calling?

At time of launch, Airtel h limited ir Wifi calling service availability to people having an Airtel Xstream Fiber broband connection. However, at time of writing, it has been confirmed that both Airtel and Jio offer Wifi calling support on all broband networks. Thus, users can use Wifi calling with ir existing broband internet connections.

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Wifi Calling Supported devices

Though Airtel and Jio Wifi calling are available in several telecom circles across country, list of devices supporting techlogy is limited. Below is an official list of supported devices that can make use of latest techlogy while making calls. list has been drawn from official websites of Airtel and Reliance Jio:

Which devices support Jio Wifi Calling?

• Apple: All iPhones that are running on iOS 10.3 or higher have support for Jio Wifi calling feature.
• Samsung: Galaxy te 10, te 10+,  te 9, te 8, te 6, te 5, te 5 Duos, te 4, te 4 Edge. Galaxy S10, S10e, S10+, S9, S9+, S8, S8+, S7, S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus. Galaxy A10, A10s, A30, A30s, A50, A50s, A70, A70s, A80. Galaxy M10, M20, M30, M40. Galaxy A8 (2018), A8+, A8 Star, A9 (2018), A9 Pro, A7 (2018), A7, A7 (2016), A6, A6+, A5, A5 (2017), A5 (2016). Galaxy J8, J7, J7 Duo, J7 Pro, J7 Prime, J7 Prime 2, J7 Pro, J7 Max, J7 Nxt, J7 (2016), J6, J6+, J5, J5 Prime, J5 (2016), J4+, J4 (2018),  J3 (2016), J3 Pro (2016), J2 Ace, J2, J2 (2016), J2 Pro, J2 Hybrid Tray, J1 (2016). Galaxy On 5 Pro, On 6, On 7 Prime, On 7 Pro, On 8.  Galaxy C9 Pro, C7 Pro. Galaxy Core Prime 4G.
• Coolp: CoolPlay 6, Mega 5, Mega 5C
• Google: Pixel 3, Pixel 3XL, Pixel 3A, Pixel 3A XL
• Motorola: Moto G6
• Vivo: V11, V11 Pro, V15, V15 Pro, V9, V9 Pro, Y81, Y81i, Y91, Y91i, Y93, Y95, Y15, Y17, Z1 Pro
• Xiaomi: Poco F1, Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro

Which devices support Airtel Wifi Calling?

• Apple: iPhone XR, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro
• OnePlus: OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T, OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7T Pro
• Samsung: Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy M20, Samsung Galaxy J6, Samsung Galaxy On 6, Samsung Galaxy M30s, Samsung Galaxy A10s, Samsung Galaxy A50s, Samsung Galaxy te 9
• Xiaomi: Poco F1, Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro, Redmi 7A, Redmi te 7 Pro, Redmi Y3, Redmi 7, Poco F1, Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro

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