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HD Voice is the marketing name for
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audio calling. It is an enhanced
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technology that provides richer,
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clearer, fuller audio on your voice
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calls. And it has been around since the
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days of 3G. It was first delivered via
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3G and now is delivered via voice over
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Often, they are mentioned together like
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they are the same thing, but one is a
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carrier for the other.
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VoLTE is a carrier for HD Voice.
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But that distinction aside, since the
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shutdown of 2G and 3G networks in the US
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in 2022, VoLTE has become a standard for
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all phones used in the country because
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both voice and data are now carried over
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LTE or a 4G connection, as you may know
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it. What this means for you is that HD
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Voice is now also standard because it is
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now carried by VoLTE.
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iPhones running iOS 26.2 and newer,
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Samsung phones running Android 15 and
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newer, [clears throat]
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all have VoLTE enabled by default.
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That means HD Voice is also enabled by
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default. As a matter of fact, if you go
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through the settings of your iPhone
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running iOS 26.2 and newer, you will not
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find a manual auto toggle
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or HD Voice anymore. It used to be
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there, but it's gone now because that's
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the only way in the US that you can make
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voice calls on your mobile phones
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anymore. Well, apart from Wi-Fi calling.
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Outside of the US, where there are still
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active 2G and 3G networks, you may have
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the option to toggle it on and off, but
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I can tell you for sure, I have checked
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my iPhone and the manual toggle for
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VoLTE for HD Voice is gone. It's no
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those two features are enabled by
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You just buy your iPhone and use without
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having to worry about whether VoLTE is
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enabled, whether HD Voice is enabled.
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They are enabled by default. Your
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Samsung smartphones also running Android
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15 and newer have these two features
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enabled by default. If I remember well,
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the manual settings to turn them on and
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off are still there. But they are
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enabled by default. So, you can buy your
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Samsung phone and it works with VoLTE
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without you having to tamper with any
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settings. Just putting your SIM card or
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provisioning your eSIM and start using
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it and you get high-quality voice calls
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over a network connection. Most likely,
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this is the same thing that Google Pixel
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has um has implemented. I haven't used a
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Pixel phone in a while, but it's an
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American brand and its phones are made
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primarily to function with American
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carriers. And right now, all American
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carriers require VoLTE for voice calls.
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So, I imagine that VoLTE and HD Voice
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are also enabled by default on Pixel
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phones. I just thought to update that
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because the technological landscape
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keeps changing and some of the
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information that I've published here in
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the last two, three years were based on
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realities back then. If you're concerned
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about VoLTE and HD Voice now, don't
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worry yourself about it. If you're
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buying a recent iPhone or a Samsung
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those features are enabled by default.
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Nothing to worry about fiddling with the
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settings of your phone anymore. Thank
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you for watching. Do like this video.
