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Apple iPhone 6 or newer Apple Watch 3 or newer Samsung Galaxy S7 or newer Samsung Galaxy Note 5 or newer Google Pixel 2 or newer LG G6 or newer
Optus has a more comprehensive list of supported handsets for WiFi calls: Vodafone has an even bigger range of officially supported handsets for WiFi calling:
Go to settings Select ‘Mobile’ Enable ‘WiFi calling’
The steps are slightly different for Android phones:
Open your Android phone’s calling app Tap the three dots or ‘More’ option Select ‘Settings’ Enable ‘WiFi calling’
Follow these steps again and disable ‘WiFi calling’ in the final step if you want to turn the feature off.
