iOS 8.3 Enables WiFi Calling for Sprint, EE Subscribers

[Fzang]

Nothing for canadian carriers -.- this is ridiculous! How hard can it be?

Here in China, even FaceTime Audio is disabled on all carriers.

 

[RobNYC]

Still waiting for AT&T to pull their heads out of their butts and deploy Wi-Fi Calling...

Same here.

 

[mikepolinske]

I was going to enable the wifi calling until I saw that Continuity wouldn't work.

Perhaps later I'll give it a try.

 

[jmlg]

Looks like it will also require that you disable Google Voice if you use it on your main Sprint number.

 

[aka777]

Good job Sprint...you're up Verizon. 😡

Yes Great Job, too bad that T-Mobile users have had this for 7 months now on IOS and well over a year or two on Android.

Does a Sprint wifi call cut over to 4G when you leave wifi, as it does with T-Mobile?

 

[Browno01]

Given that the 5 and 5c are virtually the same phone in a different case, I can only imagine that restricting wifi calling to the 5c is a slightly cynical marketing ploy by EE.

That's Apple not allowing, it. It's nothing to do with EE, Sprint or T Mobile

 

[ionjohn]

Here in China, even FaceTime Audio is disabled on all carriers.

It's understandable, China is a communist country where freedom doesn not exist

 

[pighuddle]

I have a Virgin Mobile/Sprint iPhone 5s and live in San Francisco, but I'm not seeing the the Allow WiFi option in the Phone settings. I updated the OS and Carrier (19.1) Is it because of my location or because I'm on Virgin that I don't see it?

 

[CEmajr]

Yes Great Job, too bad that T-Mobile users have had this for 7 months now on IOS and well over a year or two on Android.

Does a Sprint wifi call cut over to 4G when you leave wifi, as it does with T-Mobile?

Yes it does. On Sprint it turns off once you leave wifi no matter whether you're dropping to LTE or 3G. On T-Mobile the calls can hand off to VoLTE when you leave the Wifi area provided that you're in an LTE area.

 

[iDuel]

I have a Virgin Mobile/Sprint iPhone 5s and live in San Francisco, but I'm not seeing the the Allow WiFi option in the Phone settings. I updated the OS and Carrier (19.1) Is it because of my location or because I'm on Virgin that I don't see it?

That's correct. This feature is only for Sprint customers as of now. A friend of mine has Virgin and that is what was told to him.

 

[eclipse01]

it is saying, in order to enable wifi calling I have to disable the service of "Block/Allow PTN List"

what does this do again?

this just means I can't block numbers through Sprint correct? However I can block numbers through the Iphone altogether?

 

[JM]

Yes it does. On Sprint it turns off once you leave wifi no matter whether you're dropping to LTE or 3G. On T-Mobile the calls can hand off to VoLTE when you leave the Wifi area provided that you're in an LTE area.

Yup. Dropped a call moving from one WiFi to a different one. Nice feature for when you're at home or work staying near one WiFi spot and not moving around too much.