iOS 8: Answering iPhone cellular call on an iPad?

[KeanosMagicHat]

Anyone tried it yet?

 

[theapplefanboyj]

Can you answer iPhone calls on an iPod touch?

 

[Robster3]

Yes works great, i have a strap that holds my iPad to my ear

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

Yes works great, i have a strap that holds my iPad to my ear

Very Dom Joly . . .

Will be useful whilst browsing though. Also good the other way round allowing you to call Safari web page numbers from the iPad routing through the phone.

 

[theapplefanboyj]

Can you answer those calls on an iPod Touch?

 

[richwoodrocket]

iOS 8: Answering iPhone cellular call on an iPad?

I've been waiting for this and the ability to send SMS from iPad via my iPhone.

 

[zorinlynx]

I can see this only being useful if your phone is in the other room and you're using your iPad. Otherwise you're draining the battery on TWO devices when you could just be draining it on one.

The SMS relay feature, on the other hand, is awesome, because now you can SMS with a real keyboard if you happen to be at your Mac when people text you. Woo!

 

[cschmelz]

I can see this only being useful if your phone is in the other room and you're using your iPad. Otherwise you're draining the battery on TWO devices when you could just be draining it on one.

The SMS relay feature, on the other hand, is awesome, because now you can SMS with a real keyboard if you happen to be at your Mac when people text you. Woo!

Or to send your lame Android using friends links or pictures while you are using your desktop! Very very cool.

 

[ErikGrim]

very dom joly . . .

‘Hello‽'

 

[KeanosMagicHat]

I'm not on the Beta programme this time around, so can't test this myself.

I'd have thought it'd be one of the first things people who own both an iPhone & an iPad would want to try, however.

Unless I've completely misunderstood this feature? Which is possible.

Anyone had a go yet please?


Edit: just saw this on another thread;

i just called my dad on the iPad air through iPhone 5, the quality suck right now.

but you have to have bluetooth enabled on both devices . . .

Sounds like it works by turning the iPad into a Bluetooth Speaker and adding a GUI interface for control.