How to switch cellular phone calls between your iPhone, iPad Mac

If your iPhone, iPad and Mac meet the Continuity system requirements and are on the same Wi-Fi network, you can seamlessly transfer any in-progress cellular phone call between them.

You may be wondering what’s the use case for transferring a call to a bigger device like an iPad. Other than convenience, don’t forget that your tablet has a lot bigger battery than your phone and a significantly louder speaker.

Mid-call switching currently works with regular calls that use your iPhone’s cellular account. FaceTime calls, Wi-Fi Calling and calls from third-party VoIP apps that use the CallKit framework don’t work with this handy feature.

Prerequisites

Before setting this up, be sure your devices meet the Continuity system requirements.

Your devices also must have Wi-Fi turned on and be connected to the same local network. The Calls from iPhone option must be enabled on iPad and Mac in FaceTime settings.

Bluetooth is not required for this feature.

Toggle on Calls from iPhone in FaceTime settings on your iPad and Mac

Lastly, going back and forth between and iPhone and iPad requires iOS 11.2 or newer. Transferring a call to the computer requires a Mac with macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 or newer.

With this feature, you can:

• Transfer a cellular phone call from iPhone to a nearby iPad, and vice versa
• Transfer a cellar phone call from iPhone to a nearby Mac

You cannot do the following:

• Transfer a Wi-Fi call between devices
• Transfer a FaceTime audio or video call between devices
• Transfer a call from iPhone to your Apple Watch
• Transfer a call to a Mac or iPad not on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone
• Transfer a call accepted or made on another device back to your iPhone
• Transfer a call to your Apple Watch

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IMPORTANT: Don’t confuse this capability with the call really feature which lets you make or receive iPhone calls via your iPad or Mac. If you’d like to use that feature, go to Settings → Phone → Calls on Other Devices, then slide the switch Allow Calls on Other Devices to the ON position and select your nearby iCloud devices from the lists.

How to switch iPhone calls between devices

To transfer cellular phone calls between iPhone and iPad, do the following:

1) Receive or make a cellular phone call on your iPhone with iOS 11.2 or newer.

2) Tap the Audio button on the calling screen.

3) Choose the device form the list to transfer the call to.

For example, you could pick up an incoming phone call on your iPhone and transfer it to your iPad to continue conversation whilst taking advantage of the tablet’s significantly louder speaker and bigger battery.

A call transferred to another device is labeled with a “From Your iPhone”

To switch the call back to your iPhone, simply select it from the Audio menu on the calling screen. If you aren’t in the Phone app, just hit that green status bar at the top of the screen to jump to the Phone app and make the change.

To switch the call back to iPhone, choose it from the Audio menu

Again, all devices must have Wi-Fi turned on and be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

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The feature also works from your Mac back to an iPhone, but only if you pick up a call on your Mac to start with. In other words, you cannot go back and forth with your iPhone and Mac like you can with an iPad and iPhone.

iPhone → Mac also works, but not the other way round

Some people were able to start a call on their iPhone and transfer it to a Mac flawlessly. I couldn’t get this to work at all on multiple setups I’ve tried so your mileage may vary.

I should point out that while watchOS has always supported picking up an incoming phone call and handing it off back to your iPhone, you still cannot transfer an iPhone call to your watch during the call.

In a typical Apple fashion, this feature is implemented with some nice touches.

Handy icons on your iPhone denote the device you’ve switched the call to

For example, the device you’ve transferred the call to indicates the call has originated from your iPhone with a “From Your iPhone” on its calling screen. Another one: on your iPhone’s calling screen, iconography of the Audio button changes dynamically to reflect the device where the call is currently being routed to.

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