You can leave it on at all times. It only uses wifi for devices that don’t have a cellular connection, or when your connection gets weak on the phone.
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Daniel. I did find the Apple support earticle to which you referred. > That had not come up when I simply googled Wi-Fi calling. But I am still not > sure whether or not I'm going to have a problem if I have Wi-Fi calling > turned on and I'm out around town in a place where I do have a cell > connection but no Wi-Fi. Is the phone going to be smart enough to simply use > my cell connection? Or do I have to turn Wi-Fi calling off? I guess I can > just go down the Street away from my house and find out the hard way. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 <motte...@gmail.com> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
