How to make and receive calls

Samsung’s line of smartwatches is one of the best available on the market. The latest generation of smartwatches such as Samsung Galaxy Watch 6continues to stand out thanks to its elegant design and powerful performance. It includes sleep training, fitness monitoring and heart rate tracking to make your daily life easier. Another convenient feature is making and answering calls from your wrist. Depending on the version of your smartwatch, you may not need to connect to your phone. This guide shows you how to make and answer calls on your Galaxy Watch 6.

Does your Galaxy Watch need to connect to your phone to make calls?

This depends on whether your Galaxy Watch only supports Wi-Fi or LTE. You can use your watch’s built-in speaker and microphone to answer and make calls, whether you’re using the Galaxy Watch 6, Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, or an older model.

When using the Wi-Fi only version, your watch requires a connection to your phone. This could be a Bluetooth connection or another remote connection that uses Wi-Fi, where your watch syncs with your phone over the Internet to make and receive calls. The Remote Connection option is only available on Samsung phones, so otherwise you’ll have to use Bluetooth.

In the case of LTE smartwatches, your device has a direct connection to the network. With a compatible eSIM card, your watch can make and receive calls without using your phone.

How to make calls on Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

Now that you know whether calls are made through your phone or through your watch’s built-in cellular service, let’s see how to make them:

Our steps apply to Galaxy Watch 6 running One UI 6.0 Watch and Wear OS 4. If you have updated to One UI 6 Watch and Wear OS 5the steps will be similar.

1. Swipe up from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy smartwatch and tap Phone icon.

2. Click on orange contact icon call a specific person. Click on green keyboard icon to dial a new number. Or scroll down to view your call history and redial the last number.

3. After dialing the number or selecting the contact you want to call, tap green phone icon to call.

   

   

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How to answer calls on a Samsung Galaxy smartwatch

Now that your watch can make calls, it can also receive calls. The connection works the same, meaning your watch will accept calls if it has the LTE version or if it displays and allows you to answer your phone’s incoming calls. Regardless of the version, you can answer calls on your watch in the same way.

We are using Galaxy Watch 6 on One UI 5 Watch and Wear OS 4. You can still follow the instructions if you have One UI 6 Watch and Wear OS 5 installed on your Galaxy Watch 6.

1. When a call comes in on your watch, green and red icons appear on the screen.

2. To answer, swipe green icon up.

3. To reject a call, swipe red icon up.

   

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How to Enable Remote Wi-Fi Calling on Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

Remote call function only works if you connect your Galaxy smartwatch to a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. It also doesn’t work with Verizon and AT&T phones, or LTE Galaxy smartwatches with active cellular connectivity.

If your watch doesn’t support LTE, it can still connect remotely to your phone and allow you to answer calls even if your handset is in a different location. This feature is useful if you have forgotten your phone but want to make and receive calls using your phone number. Works only on Samsung phones. you will pairing Galaxy Watch with Samsung Galaxy smartphone for the function to work.

Your watch requires an active Wi-Fi connection, and your phone needs to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi or mobile data. Here’s how to enable and use this feature:

1. On your Android smartphone, open Samsung Galaxy Wearable app.

2. Click on the name of your watch and select Clock settings.

3. Scroll down and go to Advanced Features.

   

   

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4. Scroll down and click Remote connection.

5. Include Remote connection And Call to other devices.

   

   

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6. If you see Off on phone In the “Call to other devices” section, a short message will appear on the screen: Turn on the Calls and texts option on other devices in your phone settings to make calls from your watch..

7. Click on blue Calls and text messages on other devices connection.

8. If this is your first time using it, you may see a splash screen explaining this feature.

9. Click on blue Continue button.

10. On the next screen, enable Call to other devices And Text on other devices.

    

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11. Check phone number indicated correctly.

12. Choose Wi-Fi or mobile networks under Connect devices using to avoid losing connection when your phone is not connected to Wi-Fi.

You have linked your phone and watch. Now you can make and answer calls even if your watch and phone are in different rooms. Your watch still requires an active internet connection via Wi-Fi, while your phone requires either mobile data or Wi-Fi.

Get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Watch

Making and receiving calls on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is intuitive. And if you pair your Galaxy Watch with a Samsung phone, both devices will notify you of incoming messages and calls. There’s a lot you can do with the Galaxy Watch 6, like reject calls by turning your wrist. Or, if your Galaxy Watch 6 has Wear OS 5, you can enjoy the new Energy estimation function detailing important health indicators such as activity level and sleep.

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