User's Manual
Chapter 5 Phone 55
Make and receive calls on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac
Continuity (iOS 8 or later) lets you make and receive calls on your iPad or iPod touch, or on
your Mac (OS X Yosemite or later). Calls are relayed through your iPhone, which must be turned
on and connected to a cellular network. Cellular charges may apply. See About Continuity
features on page 28.
You can also make Wi-Fi calls on your iPad, or iPod touch (iOS 9), or Mac (OS X El Capitan)
without your iPhone being nearby. Once you set up Wi-Fi calling on your iPhone, you can make
calls on other devices—even if your iPhone is turned o.
In any case, your other iOS devices or Mac must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network and
signed in to FaceTime and iCloud using the same Apple ID as your iPhone.
Turn on Wi-Fi Calling on your iPhone. Go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling > then turn Wi-Fi
Calling on This Phone on.
Note: If you see Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices appear, tap it to allow calls from other
devices that aren’t on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone. Otherwise, you can still use your
other devices to make phone calls, but your iPhone must be turned on and on the same network
as your other devices.
Turn on Wi-Fi Calling for another iOS device. On the device, go to Settings > FaceTime and turn
FaceTime on. If you see it, follow the prompt to turn Wi-Fi calling on.
Turn Wi-Fi Calling on for your Mac. On your Mac, open FaceTime, then choose
FaceTime > Preferences > Settings. Select calls from iPhone. If an Upgrade to Wi-Fi Calling button
appears, click it, then follow the prompts.
Receive a call on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Swipe or click the notication to answer, ignore,
or respond with a quick message.
Make a call from your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Tap or click a phone number in Contacts,
Calendar, FaceTime, Messages, Spotlight, or Safari.
Keep it quiet
Want to go oine for a while? Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control
Center, then turn on Do Not Disturb or Airplane Mode. See Do Not Disturb on page 38 and Travel
with iPhone on page 49.
Block unwanted callers. On a contact card, tap Block this Caller (you can see a caller’s contact
card from Favorites or Recents by tapping ). You can also block callers in Settings > Phone >
Blocked. You will not receive voice calls, FaceTime calls, or text messages from blocked callers. For
more information about blocking calls, see support.apple.com/kb/HT5845.
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