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Making Calls on your iPad when your iPhone is Nearby

Simple Answer to making a call questions: If you have your phone linked to your iPad and have turned on the Wi-Fi calling on the phone and iPad in settings, you simply make the call by going to your contact list on iPad bring up the contact profile and touch the number you want to call. You can find info about linking devices everywhere BUT nothing on the simple task of actually dialing the number….so here it is.

iPad, iOS 10

Posted on Aug 10, 2023 7:35 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2023 7:47 AM

While iPad doesn’t have the iPhone’s numeric dial-pad, manually dialling a number to call from an iPad remains a straightforward task - when you know how…


From the FaceTime App sidebar, tap the New FaceTime button - enter the number that you wish to call in the To field, then tap the keyboard Enter key. Finally, tap the green phone button.

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Aug 10, 2023 7:47 AM in response to GCMars

While iPad doesn’t have the iPhone’s numeric dial-pad, manually dialling a number to call from an iPad remains a straightforward task - when you know how…


From the FaceTime App sidebar, tap the New FaceTime button - enter the number that you wish to call in the To field, then tap the keyboard Enter key. Finally, tap the green phone button.

Making Calls on your iPad when your iPhone is Nearby

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