While VoLTE is a worry, video calling working is actually a BIG DEAL

TotalRando · 20 Feb 2022, 00:01

Reading this made me a little sad, because two more months would have meant video calling would likely have been enabled. I don't know if the established messaging apps have enabled this yet but just in-browser is a huge deal.

I switched to LineageOS on my OnePlus One when it became clear that family just preferred using video calling. And just as my patience with the Google ecosystem had been tried and I was about to go back, my service provider announced the end of 3G. So I bought another 6T, and today put UT back on my OPO.

What a shock to make a video call in Element and have it work so smoothly. While we may be somewhat limited by network restrictions, there's a world of possibilities now I can explore with this personal minisupercomputer of mine. Shoot. I could test Google Voice on it. (EDIT: nope. Mic is greyed out. Odd, but may be a Google thing.)

Progress is happening, so upward and onward (and once VoLTE is resolved, my 6T is coming right back.)

rocket2nfinity · 20 Feb 2022, 03:22

@totalrando Google Voice works on my P2XL.

We are working on a sip solution to stand in for VoLTE. We've had some good progress this week.

thousandtopics · 20 Feb 2022, 18:50

@rocket2nfinity sip option, like jami or something similar?

rocket2nfinity · 20 Feb 2022, 19:48

@thousandtopics currently, we have linphone working but not user friendly to set up. The goal is to get sip in the dialer so it's all transparent to you, except you would have to subscribe to a VoIP provider. I have a list of cheap, good ones after researching many and test driving half a dozen.