Carriers fighting COVID-19 pandemic by pushing “Stay Home” messages when Wi-Fi is off
If you’re seeing a “Stay Home” message in the iOS status bar where cellular network information is displayed as soon as you switch off Wi-Fi on your iPhone, you’re not alone — that’s one way carriers are reminding subscribers to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As first spotted by social media industry commentator Matt Navarra, mobile phone operators in Germany and elsewhere are pushing a “Stay Home” message when users switch off their device’s Wi-Fi and connect to their carrier’s cellular network.
The message also appears on the Lock screen and in the Mobile Data section of the Settings app (in some countries or regions labeled as “Cellular”.
In other words, if your device disconnects from Wi-Fi and transition to cellular connectivity when you leave the house, you will see this message near the top-left corner of Control Center where cellular network information is displayed.
The “Stay Home” message appears on both iOS and Android devices.
MacRumors has spotted these messages in other countries, including Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Peru, Turkey, India, Luxembourg, Romania, Indonesia, Nigeria and more.
The message appears when WiFi is toggled off in the Control Center, causing cellular network connectivity information to appear, but it would also show up without turning off WiFi when leaving an available WiFi network and transitioning to cellular. No US networks appear to be showing the Stay Home wording this time.
This has nothing to do with Apple or iOS.
Mobile phone operators in Germany show a #stayhome message when users switch off WiFi #coronavirus
ht Jannis Korner pic.twitter.com/IR197yCmvw
— Matt Navarra ? (@MattNavarra) March 24, 2020
No software update is required to enable this feature because the GSM standard permits wireless operators to set the network name remotely, i.e. to show roaming status, change the network name when operators rebrand and so forth.
Are you seeing a “Stay Home” message in the iOS status bar when Wi-Fi is off?
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