Verizon Is Using 5g Network Slicing To Offer Better Video Calling — For A Price

Verizon is making bully connected 1 of nan galore unfulfilled promises of 5G pinch a caller activity called Enhanced Video Calling.

According to nan company’s website, it delivers “optimized video and sound worth connected calling apps,” moreover successful times of congestion. That whitethorn not sound breathtaking connected its own. But nether nan hood, Verizon is utilizing web slicing to boost video telephone performance, which is simply a caller exertion only imaginable connected a standalone 5G network.

Unlike distant robot banana surgery, web slicing is simply a existent usage of 5G exertion that we tin reasonably expect to spot successful overmuch places successful nan adjacent less years. Slicing lets web operators proviso nan correct resources for definite kinds of demanding activities wherever a beardown narration is critical. Right now, that intends boosting capacity for video calls, but successful nan early it could mean being tin to prioritize nan accusation needed to safely line an autonomous conveyance done an intersection.

The drawback is that you petition a standalone 5G web to propulsion this off, and overmuch of nan US’ 5G networks still tally connected 4G cores. T-Mobile has been tin to move quicker connected this acknowledgment to its Sprint acquisition, and it rolled retired its first characteristic based connected slicing this autumn pinch a activity that gives privilege to first responders. Verizon has been testing slicing for nan past twelvemonth aliases so, but this is its first rollout of a personification characteristic based connected nan technology.

In bid to effort Enhanced Video Calling retired for yourself, you personification to meet a circumstantial group of requirements. It’s disposable successful “more than 150 metro areas” correct now, pinch overmuch to beryllium added successful 2025. But you too petition to beryllium connected Verizon’s priciest plan, Unlimited Ultimate, which costs $90 per play for 1 connection pinch autopay. And you’ll petition an iPhone 14 aliases newer moving iOS 18.2. Samsung Galaxy S23 and newer and Pixel 9 phones will beryllium compatible too, but support for Android video calling apps connected Android is arriving successful 2025.

If you meet nan supra prerequisites, you should spot a mounting successful iOS that sounds “Enhance 5G” if you spell to Settings > Cellular, according to Apple’s documentation.