Bug 436867

Summary:	Make/Receive Calls
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	pushptyagi1
Component:	android-application	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	jens.n, rohan
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Android
OS:	Android 10.x
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description pushptyagi1 2021-05-10 12:37:06 UTC

SUMMARY

Should be able to make & receive a phone call directly from the pc. Just like Microsoft's phone companion does: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/you-can-now-place-and-receive-android-phone-calls-on-your-windows-pc/

I guess hat seems to work over a Bluetooth connection, where the PC functions as a headset.

EXPECTED RESULT

Should be able to make / receive calls on pc

Comment 1 Jens N 2021-11-29 15:36:36 UTC

Just an idea, it may be worth looking into how Android Wear (and other smartwatches) handle redirecting calls to the smartwatch. Especially for 3rd party smartwatches (like the huawei GT2 pro I am using) I am pretty sure they don't rely on standard bluetooth voice profiles.

If I'm not mistaken KDE Connect currently uses wifi / vpn connectivity exlusively, so going the bluetooth route for voice calls could make it even more complicated than a "custom" redirect solution.

Comment 2 Rohan 2021-11-30 03:51:05 UTC

All implementations for Android - WearOS<-->Phone and Windows<-->Phone rely on Bluetooth using HFP protocol to for phone calls and controls.

We already have hfp_hs audio working with both pipewire and pulse. The other major component is controls. Right now the native impl of pipewire doesnt expose any of these in any way. The next option is hsphfpd.

I documented some of my findings here (https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/issues/1159) but have been too lazy to work on testing to see if this actually works.

Comment 3 2wxsy58236r3 2022-10-05 05:42:55 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 410149 ***