Mobile phone WiFi calling?

[PugwasHDJ80]

Do most networks still require you to buy pho es directly from them in order to use WiFi calling? Looking at buying an s9 and they are much cheaper when not bought from the network direct!

[300bhp/ton]

Didn't know it was linked to the phone like that. I use WiFi calling loads on 3. Phone was originally bought from O2.

[Silverage]

I can only speak for the network I use, which is ID Mobile. I get wi-fi calling with them and I’m on a SIM only deal with my battered old iPhone.

[anonymous-user]

Maybe it's just automatically enabled when you buy direct. I've bought several from mobiles.co.uk and got the network to enable it.

[boxst]

It's always worked regardless of phone and network. iPhones get re-used (Me to daughters) who are on different networks and Wi-Fi calling was enabled even after resetting the phone.

[AJB88]

Depends what network and what phone.

EE wifi calling is only available on certain handsets, EE tried to tell me I couldn't use it on my Pixel XL 2 as I hadn't bought it off them.

wifi calling is built into Android now so I switched it on and it works, they tried to say the Pixel phones you buy from EE have different OS software on them which they certainly don't.

IIRC Three still use an app to achieve it.

[Pilotguy]

I wasn’t sure about this but it’s something that will be useful, so I just enabled it on my OnePlus 6T. Phone wasn’t bought from T-Mobile/EE but it was a few simple clicks in Sim Settings to turn it on.

[Tomo1971]

And if it isnt possible, just flash the EE firmware to the device - I have done that previously (S6 & S7) to enable 'features' only available on EE branded SW.

Then, when that feature came to all, switched back to BTU version