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How do I receive phone calls on my ipad❓ Can you show me in “Settings”

Can you show me in my settings, how I can receive iPhone calls on my ipad❓

iPad mini 4, iPadOS 13

Posted on Aug 16, 2020 10:37 AM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2020 10:50 AM

You can only receive phone calls (other than Skype, FaceTime, etc) on an iPad if you also have an iPhone and use the following instructions: Make and receive calls on your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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Aug 16, 2020 11:00 AM in response to Hgpirwitz

An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or Messaging features. An iPad with Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. An iPad is not, and can never be, a standalone substitute for an iPhone.


However, If paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features. For the most part, an iPad using Continuity is able to access Cellular calling features, of the iPhone, when both the iPad an iPhone are in close physical proximity and are connected to the same WiFi network - but this is not the end of the story.


More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:


Continuity

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204681


SMS/MMS Messaging

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386


WiFi Calling

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203032

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