T-Mobile, yesterday launched T-Mobile Video Calling, a native Video Calling service that works right out-of-the-box from customers' smartphone dialer following the rollout of its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service last year. The third largest operator in the US, last month gave messaging a massive upgrade and brought SMS and MMS into the mobile Internet age with T-Mobile Advanced Messaging.
Bye #FOMO. Video call every you-won't-believe-it min on LTE + Wi-Fi calling. Avail on GalaxyS6edgePlus & Note5 TODAY. pic.twitter.com/S6C963m7SB
— T-Mobile (@TMobile) September 3, 2015
The new service enables customers to make Video Calls to and from capable devices on T-Mobile's LTE network as well as seamlessly across WiFi hotspots. The operator said that it is working with other Operators so that users can eventually enjoy built-in video calling across wireless networks. Like any other data application, the service uses data straight from customers' data bucket.
According to T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 5 users now have T-Mobile Video Calling available through simple software updates, while the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge updates will be available next week. The operator plans for additional three more Video Calling-enabled devices, making it a total of seven by end of this year.
On devices with T-Mobile Video Calling, small camera icons appear next to contacts with devices able to receive video calls. If the person a user is calling can not take video calls, the video call icon is greyed out.
| Dialer:choose voice or video call | Incoming:slide for voice or video call | Call in-progress:option to switch to video |
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