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I don't see the wifi calling option on my wife's iPhone 5s. Some places I read that the 5s can do wifi calling and others say no - it's a bit confusing. I've set it up on my iPhone 6s and my daughter's iPhone 6 and it works pretty good in our house where we have some problems with stable cell signal strength .
So the question is: Can an iPhone 5s do wifi calling with Verizon?
Thanks
I have the same issue, updated my 5S and 5C to 11.0.2, and the Apple website shows it is supported on Verizon. Verizon website shows iPhone SE and higher required to use Wi-Fi on their network. Another "this is how they get ya" moment brought to you by Apple-Verizon. The "Official List" is only what they currently sell and they no longer carry or support the 5s or 5c according to the Verizon support line. Of course they offered an upgrade for just $29.99 a month more each.
WiFi calling requires VOLTE. Vodafone India does not support VOLTE at this time.
Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone in Asia-Pacific - Apple Support
Hi
Go to settings down to carrier check wifi calling.
Cheers
Brian
Suggest calling Verizon. I can do it with AT&T.
I should have mentioned that I already did the support person said that the iPhone 5s does not handle wifi calling yet. I'll have to wait for a new IOS update. Oh, BTW, I have the latest version of IOS on this iPhone 5s.
I wonder if by chance there is some sort of reset with Verizon on the iPhone 5s that might help. I remember after one of my iPhone upgrades that there were some newer voice message features that my iPhone didn't have and I needed to do reset/reinit after which the iPhone then enabled the newer voice messaging features.
Is this an option that is different on the iPhone 5s than it is on the 6 or 6s? I will check my wife's phone when I see her later but my wifi calling option is in the Settings->Phone screen.
To use Wi-Fi Calling, you need an iPhone 5c or later on a supported carrier.
As far as I know, Verizon does not support WiFi calling on the 5s. It requires a 6 or higher (I believe it does work on the iPhone se).
Thanks for your reply. Part of the confusion for me is that Apple says models 5c and later can do wifi calling(the 5s is a later model than the 5c so it can handle wifi calling if the carrier allows it). When I called Verizon, the support person said the 5s couldn't do wifi calling because Apple's IOS wasn't supporting it, but I guess this person was just making an assumption about that when they saw it wasn't on Verizon's list of iPhones that allowed wifi calling. It appears that Verizon has the ability to control if various features are enabled based on the model of the iPhone.
The 5c and higher are capable of supporting it if the carrier provides support on that model. I'd say the Verizon rep you spoke to was just plain clueless and went off script.
As I said above "to use Wi-Fi Calling, you need an iPhone 5c or later". I will contact a Verizon expert here on the ASC and she may respond as to whether Verizon supports it on the 5s or not
I have Verizon service, an iPhone 5s, and there is no setting for WiFi Calling.
Thank you Demo... 🙂
You're welcome, I Should have added that I am running iOS 9.3.3 as well.
As I understand the history of iPhone models, the 5s would be considered an equal or later model than the 5c.
List below from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
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Verizon's list of smartphones that can do wifi calling does not include the 5c. I'm curious if anyone out there has a 5c that can see the wifi calling option in the settings?
iPhone 5s is not showing the wifi calling option for Verizon
