I
most often use the speaker on my phone during the day, and for every call I
make or receive, I have to press the little speaker icon. Is there some way to
make my phone automatically route calls to the speaker, so I can bypass
fiddling with that button every time?
We can definitely see situations in
which this might be helpful: If you’re in the car, for example, or if you’re
working at home and need to answer the phone hands free. The solution is
simple, if not totally obvious, and you can definitely set up your phone so
that calls automatically route to the speaker. In addition, you can
automatically route calls to a Bluetooth device, using the same steps.
You might think that you would look
in the settings for Audio or Phone or something like that, but that’s not where
you’ll find the option to select the default sound source. Instead, select
Settings and then General; then select Accessibility. Within the Accessibility
settings, choose Call Audio Routing (set to “Automatic” by default). Select
from the available options (Automatic, Bluetooth Headset, or Speaker) and calls
you both make and receive will use the selected option. A nice side note:
Facetime calls use the same routing, so you won’t need to alter your settings
for those calls.
If you want to switch back to the
default setting, simply repeat the steps and select Automatic. (Note that for
Android phones, audio routing is handled by individual applications, which may
modify the routing for all applications—things are lot more complicated and
less organized in the Android world. Your Android phone may include an option
to set a default audio routing, but not all phones do.)
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