AT&T subscribers in areas with bad signals now have the choice of making calls over Wi-Fi connections while in the United States. The carrier publicized Wi-Fi calling the day after the FCC delivered a limited abdication allowing the network to implement the feature.
AT&T Wi-Fi calling can be used on the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 6, and 6 Plus. To use it, the users' smartphone must be running the updated variety of Apple's mobile operating system, and subscribers also need a wireless account set up for AT&T HD Voice and a Wi-Fi connectivity. The network said that this feature will be valuable in areas with a bad signal, like houses or workplaces with impenetrable building construction as well as basements and elevators.
To set it up, go to the smartphone's settings and allow Wi-Fi calling. In its course, subscribers will need to make available an address where they are most likely to use Wi-Fi calling for emergency. AT&T states that this information can help responders find the users in the event that someday they need to place an emergency call and their location records are unavailable. Users can update this any time in the smartphone settings menu.
President Bill Smith of AT&T network operations and services inscribed in a blog post that once set up, the user's phone will automatically use Wi-Fi Calling in areas where they have limited signal to no signal at all, but they do have an available Wi-Fi connection.
Apple legitimately allowed Wi-Fi calling in iOS 8, but the provision required a carrier network to be used. Subscribers do not need a different app or another phone number to be able to use it. They also would not be charged extra for calls over Wi-Fi to United States numbers, and it is not a problem if the other person they are calling also has it.
Sprint supplemented Wi-Fi calling for iPhone earlier this year, and T-Mobile did the same ahead of Sprint. Verizon has cautious strategies to announce it sometime later this year.
