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AT&T WiFi Calling Now Available for Some iOS 9 Users

Boosf said:
All of us with T-Mobile would like to welcome AT&T subscribers to the 21st century.
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I have an ATT and a TMO iPhone. Based on how people enabling WiFi calling on ATT have explained it, it's an entirely different implementation than T-Mo. On my T-Mo phone, I could have great network signal, but my phone will still prefer the more reliable WiFi connection. Seems like ATT is doing it the opposite, only allowing the WiFi Calling feature if network coverage is not good.
 
keysofanxiety said:
One of the least valid counterarguments that are always presented on the Internet. You don't need to be a master of the canvas to appreciate when something is poorly drawn. You don't need to be a millionaire music producer to know when songs are almost universally panned as being terrible.

"I'd like to see you do better" is the laziest argument to criticism.
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The thing is, I actually could do it better, and better in 4 minutes, no 3 minutes...haha. But your post is great, and very true.
 
I have this on EE in the UK and it works great. But for some reason mean you can't do Call forwarding to your computer / iPad when it's activated - Any idea why that might be?

Edit - I changed this from "non iPhone SMS forwarding to computer didn't work" but this is incorrect that does still work fine.
 
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On a side note, activating WiFi Calling on EE (in the UK) seems to activate an entirely different network called 'EE WiFiCall'. At least, that's how the network name appears in my top bar and in settings.
 

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ortiz3m said:
I think this narrows down which areas/devices get the trial run....gotta have AT&T HD Voice and only 6/6+ support it...

AT&T Wi-Fi Calling allows You to make and receive calls and text messages through an existing Wi-Fi network. To use Wi-Fi Calling, your device must be set up for AT&T HD voice and You must have access to the Internet through your device’s Wi-Fi connection. Your device will only make and receive Wi-Fi calls and texts when cellular coverage is weak or unavailable (for example, in poor coverage areas or when your device is in airplane mode with Wi-Fi enabled). If You lose your Internet connection while using Wi-Fi Calling, your call will disconnect unless You are also within AT&T HD Voice coverage. You can disable Wi-Fi Calling by toggling it off in your device settings menu.
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Aren't they great!!! Wi-Fi calling on T-Mobile has NONE of those limitations. Works any time you are on Wi-Fi, Does not require you to use HD voice (although why not?) and does not drop your call as it switches back and forth. We don't even have a HD voice switch setting-it just works. Not to mention that T Mobile is the only carrier that provides Apple's Wi-Fi continuity even during the beta.

A sucky solution brought to you only by ATT- Your world f-ed UP.
 
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This just started working for me in the last hour. Made my first call on Wi-Fi. I'm in the Milwaukee area.
 
ortiz3m said:
If You lose your Internet connection while using Wi-Fi Calling, your call will disconnect unless You are also within AT&T HD Voice coverage.
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Thanks for posting this. I was wondering how this would work. I wonder why the phone will fall back to VoLTE, if available, without dropping the call but it won't fall back to HSPA+ without dropping the call? I would think that it would fall back to either VoLTE or HSPA+ just fine since if you start a call over VoLTE now and then move to an area that only has HSPA+, the call doesn't drop. Oh well...
 
tdar said:
Aren't they great!!! Wi-Fi calling on T-Mobile has NONE of those limitations. Works any time you are on Wi-Fi, Does not require you to use HD voice (although why not?) and does not drop your call as it switches back and forth.
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The only limitation T-Mobile has is that if you leave Wi-Fi and you're in an area that has very spotty or no T-Mobile coverage (which applies to a lot more places than it does with AT&T), the call will drop.
 
avanpelt said:
The only limitation T-Mobile has is that if you leave Wi-Fi and you're in an area that has very spotty or no T-Mobile coverage (which applies to a lot more places than it does with AT&T), the call will drop.
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I was excited that ATT would roll it out like TMO did, so I could dump my home phone line. If they do it like people have described, looks like I can't do that. :-(
 
I can get the page to show but when I try to sign up at the end it says the service is not available in my area. I'll try in other day or two.
 
psssh.. WiFi Calling? They're doing it just now?
already got it with T-Mobile since the 6 was announced last year! lol :D
 
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