Re: VoLTE

On 08.06.25 03:30, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-06-07 22:55, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

On 07.06.2025 22:29, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-06-07 21:51, Andy Burns wrote:

Carlos E.R. wrote:
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I just looked on my two phones, Motorola G52 (4G) and G62 (5G).
Searching for volte in config finds nothing.

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On my Pixel it appears within SIMs as "4G calling" rather than "VoLTE",
but it doesn't show in a search for either phrase.

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There is one entry on SIM preferences to activate WiFi calls, with the
warning to ask first the provider. As I get as many calls as I want for
"free", I see no advantage to try wifi calls.

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VOLTE is something completely different. That describes the technology
that is used for voice calls. It is standard and newer ones use 5G.
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Wifi calling is activated to have better connections in buildings. It is
the fall back in case the connection in the public network cannot be
sustained like in large office buildings or in rural areas with weak
coverage. It is not particularly clever to deactivate wifi-calling.

 It was never active in my phones. I would have to manually activate, and
the toggle warns me to ask my provider first.

That does not mean much: If there happens a handover from the public network to a WLAN/wifi the provider continues to charge the same rate as if you were in the public network. That is all. I use this service with my provider Swisscom for over 10 years and I'm really happy because in our house in some rooms the public network can't deliver the same service quality like WLAN/wifi when making calls.
The handset indicates when it switches to wifi but does it always automatically and unnoticeably. The much smaller provider Salt delivers here stable 5G. I use it with my Pixel 7 which also is WIFI-Calling-capable and Salt offers this service as well.
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