New to Linux, I am on Ubuntu 24.04.

I am trying to have my phone calls go from my phone to my laptop. I did some online searching and found KDE connect. I can recieve and send texts on KDE connect but can’t call

Am I doing something wrong or should I use something else?

Thanks for reading

    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Interesting, I knew they provide SIM for non eSIM phones (have a JMP SIM on the way with its USB adapter) but didn’t know about that service. Can you please explain a bit more how it works?

      PS: for Europeans who worry about tariffs, mine wasn’t sent from the US, or Canada, but rather Netherlands, FWIW.

  • ageek@lemmy.world
    122·
    14 hours ago

    Google Fi allows taking and making calls from the Messages for Web portal in the browser but … Google

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    21·
    17 hours ago

    I don’t think there is a way to forward cellular phone calls. You’d need a phone provider which provides that feature, like a Voice-over-IP provider. Or a SIM card in your computer. Plus the right phone contract.

    Kdeconnect can forward a lot of other things though, like SMS, files…

    I wish there was a way to hook into calls. But as far as I know they’re deliberately keeping that closed.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
      12·
      17 hours ago

      I am doing this and it works quite well. My PC shows up as a headset on my phone and i connect to it as such. I dont have any custom software for it so its very basic and i still have to pick up the call through the phone, but once i pick up it uses the audio input/output of my desktop machine. Im on debian 12 with KDE, but i assume it should be just as easy on ubuntu.

      • Ashley@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        16 hours ago

        Do you have any resources on how to do this? i’d like to give it a go as well

        • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
          8·
          16 hours ago

          Previously this required some tinkering, but on my current setup it just worked out of the box. Just make sure your computers bluetooth is set to be visible to other devices, then it should pop up on your phones bluetooth search list. Make sure you give the desktop phone call and media permissions on your phone.

          If this doesnt just work ootb, then you might have to change some config files to enable it, but there is lots of information out there if you look for something like “linux/distro bluetooth as sink”

  • solrize@lemmy.world
    7·
    17 hours ago

    Get a SIP account with a VoIP provider and run a SIP client on your laptop. I’ve been using Linphone on Android and it works but isn’t great. It does say it has desktop versions. I haven’t looked into alternatives.

    Phone OS’s usually won’t let you get at the voice stream, to prevent malware apps from tapping your conversations.

    You could alternatively use some Bluetooth hack as someone said. It would help if you were more specific about what you wanted.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      2·
      12 hours ago

      This is the most solid solution IMO. I use Linphone on desktop with a Twilio phone number over SIP.

      It works. Not that I get to try it often: I consider phone calls a barbaric relic of the past and get by fine without them. I use the number to receive 2FA SMS mostly.

  • GNUmer@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    17 hours ago

    There is no direct way to forward calls with KDE Connect or any other app, but there might be a solution if you would mainly receive calls at home.

    If you’re willing to learn and configure, you could setup a PBX server with a Pi or an old machine by installing Asterisk and setting up your phone as a trunk line for it via Bluetooth (I’ll find the instructions soon)

  • guilhermegnzaga@lemmy.eco.br
    7·
    17 hours ago

    The only way I found is using MacOS (even the old versions) for doing this. The sync platform is the only one that don’t cause me any delay or influence the quality of the call. Are those calls from the SIM? If it is whatsapp or other app I think you can answer directly from the client on the computer.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    2·
    17 hours ago

    You’re probably not talking about landlines. Some routers can act as voip servers which you can connect to with clients like Twinkle. I use that with my Fritz!box.

  • IngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    21·
    17 hours ago

    This is an XY solution but…

    Telegram and similar services offer both calling and texting and can be carried across devices. It’s linked to the same phone number, all folks would have to know is “between these hours call telegram”