Jio Wi-Fi calling service is all set to roll out from 16 January : See features

Reliance Jio on Wednesday announced the roll-out of its Jio Wi-Fi calling service in India. This service allows Jio users to make voice and video calls over a Wi-Fi network using their existing Jio phone number.

The roll-out of the service comes nearly a month after Bharti Airtel rolled out Airtel Wi-Fi calling service in select circles India. The company eventually expanded the reach of the service to a total of 14 circles across the country.

Jio’s Wi-Fi calling service will be available across the country starting January 16, 2020.

Jio Wi-Fi calling is available on a total of 150 smartphones from brands like Apple, Coolpad, Google, Infinix, itel, Lava, Mobiistar, Motorola, Samsung, Techno, Vivo and Xiaomi.

This mix ensures that a diverse base of smartphone users, including the ones using budget smartphones from companies like Infinix and Lava, are able to use this service.

When Jio rolled out its Wi-Fi calling service earlier this week, it included the functionality to make Wi-Fi using any network.

It’s a device specific feature and hence it requires smartphone makers to release updates to their respective devices. Both the services require smartphone makers to release an update to make the feature available to their users.

It is free of cost. This means that users don’t have to pay any additional charges to use this service.