article_snippet.sent: In what is the first roll out of the technology throughout Europe, the Wi-Fi Calling feature is designed to facilitate calls and texts when users have no mobile phone signal.
article_snippet.sent: iPhone users on EE will find their calls and texts automatically connect through the internet when their have no service signal.
article_snippet.sent: An EE spokesman said: 'Starting today, iPhone customers on EE can make and receive high quality calls over WiFi and send text messages, using text messages own phone number with no need to use an app - great for when a mobile signal is unavailable.'
article_snippet.sent: While it is already possible to make phone calls or send messages via Wi-Fi with apps such as WhatsApp and Viber, the technology works automatically in the user's phone.
article_snippet.sent: After having downloaded the update, EE users on iPhone will see a Wi-Fi Calling section appear in the settings app of their phone, which must be switched to allow to enable the feature.
article_snippet.sent: The telecoms firm also confirmed that the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge will also have the feature on the EE network when the EE network goes on sale this Friday.
article_snippet.sent: Rival networks, including O2 and Three, offer apps in order to make calls over Wi-Fi - similar to the Skype service - while Vodafone has said Vodafone will be launching a Wi-Fi calling service 'in the summer'.
highlights_snippet.sent: The new technology rolled out by EE automatically connects to Wi-Fi when a phone signal is unavailable .