Airtel’s VoLTE (Voice over LTE) network is now official and it is the advanced service from Bharti Airtel. Airtel VoLTE users will experience true HD voice. Airtel customers with VoLTE services can experience superior call quality and faster call setup time compared to normal voice calls. While we are writing this, the Airtel VoLTE is available only in a few places. One of the first phones that Airtel launched in partnership with a brand was the Karbonn A40 Indian, which is well compatible with the network and the phone was launched with a special plan for the users.
Just like how the case was with Reliance Jio when it launched its 4G VoLTE services, not every phone supports the VoLTE network and thus, you need to check whether a phone is compatible with it before choosing the phone for future. Even if you are not going to use the Airtel VoLTE network right away, it is always better to have a future proof phone so you don’t have to keep changing them regularly.
If you are not sure if you have a VoLTE compatible phone already, you need to verify that by going to the Mobile Data settings and checking if the phone has the option to enable both Voice and Data. If it was only a 4G phone and doesn’t have VoLTE support, it will not show the voice option. In the list below, we mention the phones that are compatible with the VoLTE network of Airtel.
If you are wishing to use the VoLTE network, you should use that Airtel SIM on the first slot of your smartphone.
List of Airtel VoLTE compatible phones
Samsung Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- Samsung Galaxy A5
- Samsung Galaxy A7
- Samsung Galaxy A8
- Samsung Galaxy A9
- Samsung Galaxy J2
- Samsung Galaxy J7
- Samsung Galaxy J7(2016)
- Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime
- Sasmung Galaxy J2 Pro
- Samsung Galaxy ON8
- Samsung Galaxy ON NXT
Apple Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
- Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
- Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus
- Apple iPhone SE
- Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
Xiaomi Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- Xiaomi Mi Max
- Xiaomi Mi 5
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 4
Gionee Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- Gionee A1
- Gionee A1 Lite
- Gionee A1 Plus
OPPO Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- OPPO A71
- OPPO F3
- OPPO F3 Plus
Vivo Phones compatible with Airtel VoLTE
- Vivo Y55L
- Vivo Y66
These are the only phones that are mentioned by the network providers to be working well with their VoLTE network. For now, we don’t see any phones from Lenovo, Motorola, LG, Sony, Coolpad, and some other brands in the list but we will keep updating it if Airtel updates their official list.
I think like Jio, all phones with VoLTE support will support Airtel VoLTE services as with the Jio initially!