iOS 8 Beta 3 Adds Support for Wi-Fi-Calls

9to5Mac reports that Beta 3 upgrade to iOS 8 issued on Monday adds support for Wi-Fi Calling technology. Integration of Wi-Fi Calling has become one of the most significant features of the “eight” – the feature allows you to make and receive voice calls and send SMS if you have access to Wi-Fi.

In the settings of iPhones operating in the networks of the U.S. T-Mobile operator have a Wi-Fi Calling switch. The technology works only after the user specifies the home address (for emergencies). Two mobile service providers offer Wi-Fi Calling in the U.S. – they are T-Mobile and Sprint. T-Mobile has officially announced support for Wi-Fi-calls for iPhone.

Operator Wi-Fi-calls provide a number of important benefits. In particular, one can appreciate the advantages of the technology in situations of iPhone’s poor reception, such as in offices, homes and other buildings that block radio signals. Wi-Fi Calling solves this problem.

In addition, Wi-Fi-calls can significantly cut the cost of voice communications, reducing the number of chargeable minutes used and SMS-messages sent. When you are in the range of a wireless network voice calls become free – cellular operator receives data via the Internet.

In May it was reported that Apple was testing the functioning of Voice over LTE technology (VoLTE). It improves the quality of the sound and will not only allow to rid of echo and background noise, which is characteristic of traditional calls, but will also let you hear the nuances in the voice tone of the interlocutor.

Source: macdigger.ru