Learn what to do if your iPhone refuses to use the Phone app (Cellular or Mobile Service) as the default calling medium and keeps switching to FaceTime Audio.
Fix iOS 26 default calling app keeps switching to FaceTime
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How to trim a phone call recording on iPhone
Find out how to cut out unwanted parts of a phone or FaceTime audio call recording on your iPhone and save just the meaningful portion.
15 new features added to the iPhone Phone app in iOS 26
The stock iPhone Phone app has received a design overhaul and fifteen new features with the latest iOS 26 update. Here are all these notable changes you must know about to make full use of the Phone app and communicate effectively with family, friends, and colleagues.
Apple now permits cellular phone calls and carrier-based SMS/MMS/RCS messages in third-party apps, but only in Europe
Apple provides new APIs to third-party developers in the European Union that enable cellular phone calls and SMS, MMS and RCS messaging within apps.
Fix iPhone not receiving calls or texts from a particular number
Learn what to do if you’re not receiving calls or texts from a specific number on your iPhone, while others come through fine.
CallMeMaybe tweak avoids accidental phone calls to people via the Phone app
If you frequently poke around in your iPhone’s native Phone app and only to find that you’ve accidentally tapped on a name or number and started a phone call, then this new and free jailbreak tweak might be for you.
Enhanced caller ID and brand logos coming to Phone, Mail and other iPhone apps
Apple will soon permit verified businesses to display their logo on the iPhone's calling screen and preinstalled apps like Mail and Wallet.
Your iPhone now supports T9 dialing, the best way to call people in the Phone app
Your iPhone now has the ability to make calls much faster with T9 dialing, a new feature Apple brought alongside the iOS 18 update.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for communication on iOS 16
Two of the most common ways to communicate with other smartphone owners are text messaging and placing phone calls. Each of these communication methods exhibit their own unique appearance and user experience on each platform of smartphone, but Apple’s has always been particularly stagnant on the iPhone.
Ignore unwanted calls from the WhatsApp Messenger app with the WAIgnoreCalls jailbreak tweak
The WhatsApp Messenger app is popular not only for messaging, but also for placing or taking calls. The internet-based calling feature comes in handy when your carrier charges you for minutes or you find yourself without cellular service.
NoDialerKeypadTones silences the keypad tones in the native Phone app
Certain aspects of the iOS mobile operating system provide feedback of different styles. Whether that’s haptic feedback you can feel or audible feedback you can hear, it’s intended to give you the positive response you’d come to expect from taking a particular action.
TrollRecorder JB allows jailbreakers to record their phone calls without TrollStore
At the beginning of March, we showed you a TrollStore add-on called TrollRecorder by iOS developers 82flex and launchctl that allowed users to record their iPhone’s phone calls without a jailbreak. It did, however, require TrollStore, as this is what gave TrollRecorder the elevated privileges necessitated to make this work.