Hi Mary, If you have t-mobile or sprint, you can use what’s called enhanced wi-fi calling, which allows other iPads, iPods or Macs to make and receive wifi calls, the same way your phone does. However, the really awesome advantage to this is you can leave your phone at home, or somewhere else entirely, or even turned completely off, and your other devices you have set up will ring as if you had normal continuity set up. Do a google search for making a call with wi-fi calling, and a result from apple support should pop up. That page will give you all the information you need.
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > My new iPhone has the capability of doing Wi-Fi calling. It was not on by > default. When I turned it on, it seemed to allow me to also have my iPad mini > two, which is not a cell model, do this Wi-Fi calling. So I googled around > and wasn't really able to find out very much information. I understand the > purpose of Wi-Fi calling is to let you make phone calls when your cell > network is weak. However, if you have it enabled, and are in an area with a > strong cell signal, will you use your cellular network? Or will you use your > Wi-Fi network? This is, of course, assuming the Wi-Fi network is also strong. > And how would a Wi-Fi enabled iPad with no cellular capability do wi-Fi > calling? Or, if you do have Wi-Fi calling enabled, and are out in the city > and have no Wi-Fi available, will you still be able to use your cell network > without turning this feature off? I am just not clear about whether it is a > good idea to have it turned on all the time, or just turn it on when you need > it. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
