You're online. One quick thing before you go.
Cell reception inside the house is hit or miss, particularly on Verizon. Please use Wi‑Fi Calling to route your calls and texts over our Wi‑Fi instead!
Good news: there's a fair chance it's already turned on. Check first — it takes about 20 seconds. Same phone number, no app to install, and no extra charge on virtually every plan.
Wi‑Fi Calling is a phone setting — there's nothing to change on this device. Scan the code to open these instructions on your phone, or type in:
Phone not on the Wi‑Fi yet? Ask your host for the password, or check the sheet posted near the front entrance.
Already connected? Pick up your phone and follow along.
Lots of iPhones ship with Wi‑Fi Calling already switched on. Look at the very top of your screen, or swipe down from the top‑right corner to open Control Center.
See your carrier's name with Wi‑Fi after it? You're already set — nothing more to do. Note that Verizon shows up as VZW Wi‑Fi, not "Verizon". Two lines means two rows, one per SIM.
This is the screen you're looking for — the top switch is the one that matters:
Make and receive calls over Wi‑Fi with your carrier account.
Wi‑Fi calling requires an address to help emergency response services respond to calls.
Tap Update Emergency Address on that same screen to set the address covered in the note below.
Why this first: Apple has moved this setting — and the search bar itself — between iOS releases. Search always finds it, wherever it lives on your version.
iOS 18 moved every built-in app's settings into a new Apps section at the very bottom of the Settings list. iOS 26 kept it there.
Scroll all the way to the bottom of Settings to find Apps. Inside, the list is alphabetical — Phone is a fair way down.
Phone sits directly in the main Settings list, in the group with Messages, FaceTime and Safari.
On these versions it's a single toggle with no sub-screen.
If your iPhone has two lines, Wi‑Fi Calling is set per line and the toggle above may only cover one of them.
Some carriers and regions label this menu Mobile Service or Mobile Data instead of Cellular. Repeat for each line you want covered.
Plenty of Android phones arrive with Wi‑Fi Calling already on. Swipe down from the top of the screen and look at your status bar and quick settings tiles.
You're already set if you see a Wi‑Fi Calling tile switched on, a small handset‑with‑Wi‑Fi icon, or your carrier's name with Wi‑Fi after it — Verizon shows up as VZW Wi‑Fi, not "Verizon".
Indicators vary a lot between manufacturers, so if you can't tell, just follow Step 2. If the toggle is already on, leave it alone.
Roughly what you're looking for — the top switch is the one that matters:
Yours will look different. Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus and Xiaomi each restyle this screen and move the rows around. The three things above are what stay consistent — a switch for Wi‑Fi calling, a calling preference, and somewhere to set your emergency address.
Also worth a shot: swipe down twice from the top of the screen and look for a Wi‑Fi Calling tile in your quick settings. Many phones put one there.
If you only have one SIM, tapping SIMs may drop you straight onto the carrier page.
You may need to tap Advanced to expand the hidden options first.
If that's not there
Alternative route
On older One UI builds it may sit under Settings › Connections › More connection settings.
Alternative route
On older builds the first step is Wi‑Fi & network › SIM & network.
On Samsung it's Settings › About phone › Software information.
That almost always means your carrier hasn't enabled Wi‑Fi Calling on your line, not that your phone can't do it.
All the major US carriers support it — Verizon, AT&T, T‑Mobile, Google Fi, Mint, Visible, Cricket, Metro, US Cellular. Some prepaid plans and smaller MVNOs don't, and a few require you to switch it on in the carrier's own app or website first.
A quick reboot after enabling also fixes a surprising number of cases.
Toggle Airplane Mode on and back off to force your phone to re-register on Wi‑Fi. If your phone offers a calling preference, make sure it's set to prefer Wi‑Fi rather than cellular.
Leaving the house mid-call will hand the call back to the cell network, which can cause a brief hiccup or a drop if your signal is poor outside.
No. On essentially every US plan, Wi‑Fi Calling uses your normal minutes and texts — it's just a different path to the network. International calls are still billed at your usual international rates.