International Travel; Wi-Fi Calling in Conjunction with Local Data-Only eSIM

msuberly
Novice

I have an iPhone SE (2020) with Visible (not plus) service.  I understand there is no Visible service outside the US, Mexico, and Canada.  In the past when I travel abroad, I used Airalo to purchase an eSim for the country or region that I'm visiting.  Airalo sells data-only plans; they do not have a phone number.  In settings, I disabled my "Primary" line (Visible) and enabled my "Travel" line (whatever local company Airalo sells).

 

It never occurred to me to use Visible's Wi-Fi calling when abroad.  Is it possible to use Visible's Wi-Fi calling without disabling the local eSIM "Travel" line?  Or do I have to toggle the two lines back and forth?

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RyanBlakeIT
Superuser
Superuser

Hi @msuberly - You are spot on!  You can use Visible as long as you set up WiFi calling in advance (to avoid any troubles when youโ€™re international).  Youโ€™ll want to leave both services active and when your phone app asks what service to use to dial out, select Visible (NOTE: You probably wonโ€™t get prompted if itโ€™s a data only line, but thereโ€™s still a chance you might as even data only lines have a number assigned to them, just not necessarily Visible to you ๐Ÿ™‚ ).

Ryan Blake - Information Technology Leadership Professional | Superusers are not employees of Visible, but are users just like you.
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