Using Mac to receive calls when abroad

IamtheWalrus

I live in the UK. I have a contract iPhone. When my iPhone rings, my Mac 'rings' also.

When I am in Ireland, I would like to take calls on my iPhone but don't want to pay the roaming charge.

My question is, if I answer/make calls via my Mac, am I charged roaming? Is it charged at all?

Zcott

The phone just hands over the call to the Mac and doesn't care where you are. If you pay to receive calls in Ireland you'll still pay.

IamtheWalrus

Zcott wrote: »

The phone just hands over the call to the Mac and doesn't care where you are. If you pay to receive calls in Ireland you'll still pay.

If it does't care where I am, it won't deem me 'roaming' then?

GenericName

The iPhone can hand off the audio for a call to your Mac when they are in proximity. Your phone needs to be able to discover your Mac on the same Wi-Fi network as it is on itself. The phone still receives the call, it just uses your Mac as a mic and speakers.

So if you take both your phone and your Mac on the journey and both are accessing the same Wi-Fi network you'll still have audio continuity.. but your phone will be abroad and roaming then so it defeats the purpose.

There's probably a way using VPNs and full access to the Wi-Fi routers on both ends to have the two devices be remote while still 'seeing' each other as on the same network. That'd take a lot of effort and IT knowledge just to save on roaming fees. If your network supports Wi-Fi calling and you bought your device direct from the network you might have some luck. I don't know if the UK operators are offering that on iPhones yet.

IamtheWalrus

Thanks all.