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Use iPhone to allow calls and text messages on your iPad

You can relay phone calls and text messages through your iPhone to your iPad, so it’s easy to stay in touch no matter which device you’re on.

Use your iPhone to make and receive phone calls or messages on your iPad.

Note: Cellular charges may apply. Wi-Fi Calling isn’t available from all carriers.

Before you begin

Make sure of the following:

If you’re using a VPN, make sure its configuration doesn't prevent local networking, as that may interfere with some Continuity features.

Set up your iPhone to allow phone calls on your iPad

  1. On your iPhone, go to Settings  > Cellular.

    Note: If your iPhone has Dual SIM, choose a line (below SIMs).

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Tap Calls on Other Devices, turn on Allow Calls on Other Devices, then choose the devices you want to allow to make and receive calls.

      The devices you choose can make and receive calls when they’re near your iPhone, connected to Wi-Fi, and signed in to the same Apple Account.

    • Tap Wi-Fi Calling, turn on Wi-Fi Calling on This iPhone, then turn on Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices.

      Other devices can make and receive calls over Wi-Fi, even when they’re not near your iPhone, as long as they’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

  3. On your iPad, go to Settings > FaceTime, then turn on Allow Calls on Other Devices.

Make or receive phone calls on your iPad

After you set up your iPhone to allow calls on your other devices, you can make and receive phone calls on your iPad and Mac.

  • Make a call: Tap a phone number in Contacts, Calendar, FaceTime, Messages, Search, or Safari. Or open FaceTime, tap or click New FaceTime, then enter a contact or phone number.

    If you make a call from another device by relaying it through your iPad with Dual SIM, the call is made using your default voice line.

  • Receive a call: Swipe or tap the notification to answer or ignore the call.

Stop receiving phone calls on your iPad

If you no longer want to receive phone calls on your iPad, you can turn off the option on your iPhone.

  1. Go to Settings > Apps > FaceTime on your iPhone.

  2. Turn off Allow Calls on Other Devices.

Send and receive messages on your iPad

You can send and receive messages—both iMessage and SMS/RCS/MMS messages—on your iPad. For more information on iMessage and SMS/RCS/MMS messages, see What is the difference between iMessage, RCS, and SMS/MMS?

To send and receive iMessages on iPad, see Set up Messages on iPad.

To send and receive SMS/RCS/MMS messages on your iPad, see Access your messages on all your Apple devices.

If phone calls and text messages on your iPad aren’t working

In addition to making and receiving phone calls on your iPad, you can also use Handoff to transfer a FaceTime call from one device to another. See Hand off a FaceTime call from your iPad to your other Apple devices for iPad.

For more information about Wi-Fi calls, see the Apple Support article Make a call with Wi-Fi Calling.

See alsoUse Continuity to work across Apple devicesHand off a FaceTime call from your iPad to your other Apple devicesSet up Messages on iPad
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