Once I am in a call, how do I activate the speaker phone? While on the call, the "keypad" shows, but there seems to be no way to turn on the speaker phone. The only time I can put my call on the speaker is before I connect with the party I am calling. Many a time in the past few days, especially while "on hold" it would have been easier to lay the phone down and turn the speaker on. I can't do that once in the call.
iPhone 6
If when on a call you can only see the number dialer screen, Tap the "Hide" text at the bottom right corner of the screen to return to the phone options. Then Tap the Speaker icon to turn on the Speakerphone.
Tapping "hide" to get back to the main screen is not intuitive.
My problem, too! Thanks for the question and you got me my answer!
Lawrence - that usually comes up when there is a secondary number to dial - I participate in a lot of conference calls and the letters "Dial XXX..." will appear on the left lower end on the opposite side of the Hide button
For example if someone has dial 877-668-4490;;2134567# then one can dial the entry code (2134567#) using that functionality
The third bubble on the top right says "Speaker" on my phone when in a call - does that not show on your device?
He appears to be describing the first screen in Phil's post. Irrelevant in this case since that is the very screen the OP cannot access, it seems.
Rereading the last post, it looks like the OP is seeing the dialer screen when not in a call.
The "Hide" option would not be there. As its only when in a call in the other dialer screen.
Glad you got it sorted out.
Thanks, Lawrence (much later). That REALLY helped!
thank you!
Tapping the green bar at the top of the screen worked for me. This has happened to me before when I do a lot of non-call stuff while on a call, so this is helpful. Thanks.
Wait until you are in the call. The Speaker button will not activate until the call is connected. Once the "Calling..." text is replaced by the timer, the Speaker option should be available.
Accessing the "speaker phone" during a call.
