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Reliance Jio has officially rolled out the much-awaited VoWi-Fi service in India. Dubbed as Jio Wi-Fi Calling, it allows users to make video and voice call over any Wi-Fi network. Similar to Airtel Wi-Fi Calling, Jio Wi-Fi Calling will be extremely handy for users who are facing poor indoor connectivity. As always, Jio Wi-Fi Calling is a free service to the users and the best part is the support for more than 150 smartphones at the launch. Reliance Jio says the Wi-Fi Calling feature will be enabled across the country or pan-India between January 7 and January 16, 2020. Smartphones from various brands like Apple, Coolpad, Google, Infinix, itel, Lava, Mobiistar, Samsung, Tecno, Vivo and Xiaomi. Sadly, Samsung smartphones are not part of this list, though.
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Jio Wi-Fi Calling Feature Announced: What Exactly is It?
Reliance Jio has managed to disrupt the Indian telecom industry with cheap data plans, LTE-only service and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service. However, Bharti Airtel managed to beat Jio by rolling out VoWi-Fi service faster than Reliance Jio. Nevertheless, Jio’s rollout is a pan-India one, whereas Airtel is providing VoWi-Fi service in 14 circles for now.
Jio Wi-Fi Calling works on any Wi-Fi network, irrespective of which Internet Service Provider (ISP) you are using. Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is limited to Airtel Broadband for now. Also, with Jio Wi-Fi Calling, users can make both Voice over Wi-Fi and Video over Wi-Fi calls. But the Video over Wi-Fi calls will work only if the phone’s dialer app supports it. Some smartphones already allowing users to make video calls with VoLTE service, so the Video over Wi-Fi also works pretty much similar to the same.
