This morning I tried (unsucessfully) to enable wi-fi calling on my iPhone 6 running iOS 9.0.1 (and yes Apple calls it wi-fi in phone settings and wifi everywhere else. Usually I get a screen saying it is "not yet available in my area." This morning I got a new screen saying it would be "available soon." Of course At&t using the word "soon" is something like a 2,000 year old organization like the Catholic church using the word "soon". It could mean some time in the next few hundred years. This time I'm hoping it means some time in the next few weeks.
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Carrier At&t wifi calling - minor update...
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With iOS 9.0.1 or a beta version of iOS? It is pretty well known that At&t has been allowing beta testers to use wifi calling.
I'm not willing to put a beta on my iPhone just yet. I have to be able to manage my botnets and rogue State Department mail servers and the like.
With iOS 9.0.1 or a beta version of iOS? It is pretty well known that At&t has been allowing beta testers to use wifi calling.
I'm not willing to put a beta on my iPhone just yet. I have to be able to manage my botnets and rogue State Department mail servers and the like.
on 9.0.1 and 9.0.2. All calls works perfect on Wifi. It not like T-mobile's WiFi calling, you turn it on it enables it automatically!! No, At&t's version of WiFi calling only kicks in when your reception drops to a specific dbm then it kicks in
Same here. When I'm on a wifi call it sounds the same as a cell call. I hear the difference when the other person has a device that can do HDVoice, that sounds different but standard calls on wifi sounds the same as any. I signed up during the beta so I have the service and it kicks in while in the house. I thought prior to this my signal was pretty good but the phone thinks otherwise I guess.
stinks I had wifi calling on my iPhone 6 Plus working fine.. got my iPhone 6S Plus friday enabled wifi calling no problem and then was able to use it the rest of friday and all day saturday then sunday it just disabled itself and when I went to enable it I got the not available in area yet. When contacted AT&T they said its not available in 9.1 Beta 3... Yet it stopped working when was running 9.1 Beta 2.... And doesn't work on my other developer phone running 9.0.2 either.
Very interesting ... on my AT&T account with UDP (personal phone), I get "Wi-Fi Calling: To allow Wi-Fi calling on this account, contact your carrier". On my AT&T work account (which is a data plan + all features added), I get the "Wi-Fi calling is not yet available. It will be coming soon." So, looks like WiFi calling will be secluded to only Shared Value Data plans.
Yeah same issue here with mu 6s Plus. Using 9.1 beta 3 and says not available yet, not sure it ever was before -- just found this thread tonight.
Here in Miami on AT&T running 9.1 beta it's working fine. I can defiantly tell the difference in call quality.
Thanks! I kept going into Settings, Cellular and never even thought about the Phone option. Apparently WiFi calling isn't yet available in Phoenix. Oh well!
It's ridiculous. Wifi calling has been enabled on iPhone 6 (2014 edition since Sept 2014).
ATT has had so long to get FCC Approval. For them to use the fcc excuse is a non starter.
It's like att took 7-8 months to finally enable MMS on the iPhone when Apple finally enabled it in 2009.
ATT has had so long to get FCC Approval. For them to use the fcc excuse is a non starter.
It's like att took 7-8 months to finally enable MMS on the iPhone when Apple finally enabled it in 2009.
i couldnt tell you!! i activated it when IOS9 first came out if that makes a difference
ATT WiFi calling is no great shakes
Right now ATT is involved with the FTC which requires a certain protocol now that they own Direct TV before they can release WiFi calling They're in negotiations , but it's anyone's guess when we'll see it
Right now ATT is involved with the FTC which requires a certain protocol now that they own Direct TV before they can release WiFi calling They're in negotiations , but it's anyone's guess when we'll see it
Doesn't even have to do with 911 that has all been sorted for some time. The hold up is the FCC requires TTY for deaf and hard of hearing. Which is an old protocol, AT&T built their wifi calling using RTT which is real time and doesn't have the delay like TTY. The FCC currently only allows TTY, AT&T needs a waiver to use RTT so they are not in violation of an FCC rule.