Despite the smartphone revolution, majority of the Indian households still use a landline to make calls. The major reason is the ease of use, especially for the elders and secondly it gives businessmen a chance to share their business number while keeping their personal mobile number private.
How often have you thought that it would have been nice if you could answer your landline calls when you are not at home? Surprisingly, there is way. A new gadget in the market will help answer your landline calls even when you are not at home or office. The device, Voice Bridge, uses your home/office Wi-Fi network to route landline calls to a smartphone. At present, you can only use the landline from your smartphone provided that your smartphone and landline needs to be connected to the same wireless network at home/office. However, a new update will change things and allow you to connect over the internet.
Voice Bridge is a device that sits in your home and act as a bridge, connecting your smartphone and your landline over your home Wi-Fi network. An Android or iOS app allows you to make and receive landline calls on your smartphone, and also sends notifications for calls missed on your landline.
Voice Bridge is available from two manufacturers, Invoxia and Swissvoice.
Invoxia is planning to release an update by the end of this month, which allows you to make calls with your landline number from any Wi-Fi, via the internet, without relying only on your home Wi-Fi network.
While the Swissvoice’s Voice Bridge retails at a price $80 (approximately Rs 5,500) the Invoxia Voice Bridge is priced $99 (approximately Rs 6,500) on Amazon.
