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Is there a way to send your phone calls to your laptop? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] ashley 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Huh, thanks. That works from iOS to my Bazzite desktop flawlessly.