Incoming callers can tell when I’m on another call.

A friend advised that when she calls and I’m on another call, she gets a message telling her that I’m on another call. It tells her “call waiting” How do I turn this off?

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 24, 2020 8:43 AM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2020 8:46 AM

You contact your carrier, who is providing this feature. You may have to have them disable call waiting as a feature to get rid of it.


It’s actually been around for at least 30 years as a feature of phone networks, since call waiting was deployed on the public switched telephone network. Except in the past it was just a short “beep” at the start of each ring sound.

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Oct 24, 2020 8:46 AM in response to Nobodyfresher

You contact your carrier, who is providing this feature. You may have to have them disable call waiting as a feature to get rid of it.


It’s actually been around for at least 30 years as a feature of phone networks, since call waiting was deployed on the public switched telephone network. Except in the past it was just a short “beep” at the start of each ring sound.

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Incoming callers can tell when I’m on another call.

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