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How to Mute a Call on Apple Watch

Apr 22, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to mute calls on Apple Watch

Since the Apple Watch is tied to your iPhone, you’ve likely noticed that phone calls can be made or answered on your wrist. While you might know how to answer or reject phone calls on the Apple Watch, did you know that you can silence or mute a call to your Apple Watch too? These … Read More

How to Disable Missed Call Return from iPhone Lock Screen

Jan 27, 2023 - 7 Comments
Disallow returning of missed phone calls from the iPhone lock screen

Some iPhone users have found the feature which allows you to return a missed phone call from the iPhone Lock Screen can result in unintentionally dialing a number or returning a call when you don’t intend to. This usually happens if someone swipes or taps on the notification of a missed call, which then calls … Read More

How to Stop Phone Calls Ringing on iPad

Nov 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Stop iPad ringing phone calls

Many iPad users have noticed their iPad rings for incoming phone calls on their iPhone. If you do not have an interest in getting phone calls on your iPad, you can stop the iPad from receiving inbound calls that come in to your iPhone, which will prevent the iPad from ringing. If you’ve been wondering … Read More

How to Make Incoming iPhone Calls Show as Full Screen Again

May 27, 2022 - 4 Comments
Set iPhone Calls to Take Up Full Screen

Modern versions of iOS for iPhone default to incoming phone call alerts being shown as a small banner across the top of the screen when the iPhone is in use, but you may recall that earlier versions of iOS had incoming calls take up the full screen, making them very obvious and impossible to miss … Read More

Beep Sound When Pressing Mute on iPhone Call? The iPhone Mute Sound Explained

Dec 2, 2021 - 22 Comments
Mute and unmute sound effect on iPhone

Many iPhone users have discovered their iPhone is now making a beeping chime sound effect whenever they press the mute or unmute button while on a call. What is the beep sound when pressing “mute” during a call? Is there a way to disable the mute and unmute sound on iPhone? The answers to these … Read More

How to Decline a Phone Call on iPhone

Sep 23, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Decline a Phone Call on iPhone

Got a call coming in that you don’t want to take on your iPhone? If you’re new to the iPhone, you may not be familiar with the process of declining a phone call on iPhone. Fortunately, declining calls is a super easy trick that you’ll master in no time at all.

How to Answer & Reject Phone Calls on Apple Watch

May 13, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Answer & Reject Phone Calls on Apple Watch

Have an Apple Watch that you’d like to triage phone calls with? Maybe you’d like to answer a phone call on Apple Watch, or decline a call on Apple Watch?

How to Make Phone Calls with HomePod

Mar 8, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Make Phone Calls with HomePod

Did you know that you can use your HomePod as a speakerphone, and make phone calls from the HomePod or HomePod mini? You can even receive phone calls on HomePod, and find out who is calling too.

How to Add New Contacts on iPhone

Dec 5, 2020 - 3 Comments
iPhone Contacts icon

Wondering how to add a new contact to iPhone? Maybe you just met someone you’ll be chatting with in the future, or perhaps you want to add a business to your contacts list for easy future access and communication, there are many reasons why you’d want to add a new contact to your iPhone address … Read More

How to Use the Compact Call Interface on iPhone in iOS 14

Nov 11, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Use the Compact Call Interface on iPhone in iOS 14

How often have phone calls interrupted what you were doing while using your iPhone? Maybe you were reading an article, or writing an important email, and suddenly the whole screen is taken over by an incoming phone call. Sure, you can send the call to voicemail but that may be rude on undesirable, depending on … Read More

Wi-Fi Calling Not Working on iPhone? Here’s How to Fix & Troubleshoot

Nov 8, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Troubleshoot Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calling is great iPhone feature that allows you to make regular phone calls over your Wi-Fi network. It comes in handy when you’re indoors but your cellular signal strength is poor, or even nonexistent. Assuming wi-fi calling is enabled on your iPhone, your carrier will automatically switch to the active Wi-Fi connection to improve … Read More

How to Make Phone Calls From Apple Watch

Oct 15, 2020 - 1 Comment
Apple Watches with phone icon

Making calls from your Apple Watch is a great feature that you may use from time to time. Sure, calling from your watch like Dick Tracey probably isn’t something that you’ll be doing too often, but it starts to make a lot more sense when paired like things like AirPods. But even if you’re doing … Read More

How to Answer Phone Calls on AirPods

Jan 14, 2020 - 2 Comments
Answering and ending phone calls on AirPods

Handling phone calls with AirPods and AirPods Pro is a wonderfully convenient feature to use. If you’re wearing AirPods and receive a phone call, you might wish to answer a phone call while wearing the AirPods earbuds. And of course you can also hang up phone calls with AirPods too, so you’re not going to … Read More

How to Stop Spam Calls on iPhone with Silence Unknown Callers

Oct 14, 2019 - 10 Comments
How to silence unknown callers on iPhone automatically

Tired of your iPhone getting constant spam calls and junk calls? For many of us, a steady stream of spam calls plague our cell phones, and while you can block the phone numbers the call spammers are always a step ahead and typically use different phone numbers for each new spam call, making it a … Read More

Call Sound Issues with iPhone? 23 Tips to Troubleshoot & Fix iPhone Call Quality Problems

Apr 30, 2019 - 15 Comments
How to fix iPhone phone call sound issues

Does the audio quality of iPhone sound bad when you’re making or receiving phone calls? Are you struggling to understand what people are saying on the phone, or they have a hard time hearing you as you talk on your iPhone? Occasionally, some iPhone users report that phone call audio is muffled, sound distant, sounds … Read More

How to Know if Someone Blocked Your Number on iPhone for Calls or Messages

Apr 7, 2019 - 80 Comments
How to tell if someone blocked you on iPhone

Have you ever wanted to know if someone blocked your number from calling them or sending them messages? You may be familiar with the process of blocking calls, messages, and contacts on the iPhone, but have you ever wondered if YOUR number or messages have been blocked? While Apple makes the blocking feature for texts … Read More

How to Make & Receive Phone Calls with iPad

Feb 28, 2019 - 10 Comments
How to make a phone call from iPad

Have you ever wished you could make a phone call with an iPad? If you have both an iPad and an iPhone, you can actually make phone calls from the iPad, with the call being relayed automatically through the iPhone. You can also use the iPad to receive calls too. This is a great feature … Read More

How to Record Phone Calls with a Mac

Aug 19, 2018 - 15 Comments
How to record phone calls on a Mac

Want to record a phone call from a Mac? Maybe you’re interviewing someone for a podcast and want to record both sides of the conversation? Maybe you want to record a phone call for quality and training purposes? Whatever the purpose, there are several different ways to record a phone call from a Mac, but … Read More

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