2. Making calls

Making a call

There are several options to initiate a call:

  • Type in a name of a contact, extension, conference, group or meeting into the Search field and double-click on it
  • Double-click on on a contact, extension, conference, group or meeting
  • Make a call from Contacts, see Contacts
  • Drag & drop a number or contact to the area on the right or
  • Use the dial pad to enter a phone number

Please be aware that not all number formats will work as intended. Therefore we always recommend the international standard, e.g.: +49 152 2881738 or +44 163 2960201
If one of your contacts uses the national number format (e.g.: 0171 39200 12) it will work as long as you stay in the same national telephone network as the target. But if you would try a call from aboard, it will connect to the national telephone network of your current location.

Call status

Your call status is visible at the top of the screen. When in a call, conference or meeting, the green banner shows the corresponding name or number and the duration of the call.

When the call is on hold, the banner at the top is yellow.

Incoming call

In case of an incoming call, a pop-up with caller information, e.g. phone number, extension or name appears.

When you receive an incoming call, you can:

  • Accept the call
  • Decline the call
  • Send the call to the voicemail
  • Transfer the call

Browser notifications for incoming calls

You will be notified of incoming calls when the browser window is minimised or you are currently on another tab.

Holding a call

To put a call on hold, click on the Hold button.

If you have a second incoming call, you can:

  • Accept the second call.
    ⇒ The first call is put on hold automatically.
  • Deflect the call to the voicemail.
  • Decline the call.
  • Transfer the call.

You can also put both calls on hold at the same time:

  • Click on the Hold button.
    ⇒ All calls are now on hold.

Your call status is visible at the top of the screen. If all calls are on hold, a yellow line indicating your status will appear.

Swapping a call

Call swapping is a change between an active call and one or more calls on hold.

  • Click on the phone number that is currently on hold and swap the calls.
    ⇒ You will see the active call in the green banner at the top of the screen and in the phone section as In call.

Starting a three-way conference

While you have an active call and one call on hold, you can add both calls to a three-way conference.

  1. Drag the call on hold per drag&drop towards the active call.
    ⇒When you start to drag the call on hold, the icon for the three-way conference appears.
  2. Drop the call on the Conference icon.
    ⇒ The three-way conference will start.

2. When you start to drag the call on hold, the icon for the three-way conference appears. Drop the call on hold on this icon, and the three-way conference will start.

Non-Interactive Blind Transfer

When someone is calling you and you do not want to take the call but to to transfer the call to another person without asking this person if the transfer is possible:

  1. Click on the Transfer button next to the caller name.
    ⇒An entry field Forward call to appears.
  2. Start typing the name of the person you want to forward the call to.
    ⇒The full name appears below.
  3. Click on the name.
    ⇒The transfer has been successful if the snack bar at the bottom of the screen displays Call forwarded to [name of the person].

Seeing where the transferred call is coming from

You can see who originally called if a call has been transferred to you.

The original caller appears in the pop-up window. The orange line in the pop-up shows you the person who has transferred the call.

After you have clicked somewhere outside the incoming call box, the incoming call from caller 1 is still active and shown in the top right corner:

2. Select a name from your favorites list/phone book or type in a search field.

3. Transfer the first call to the second call by dragging and dropping the second call to .

The transfer has been successful if the snack bar displays the following:

Non-Interactive Attended Transfer

When someone is calling you and you do not want to take the call but to transfer the call to another person and you talk to this person first and he/she decides whether to accepct the call or not:

1. Click anywhere outside the blue square (incoming call):

Non-Interactive Blind Transfer – Incoming Call in the Background

After you have clicked somewhere outside the incoming call box, the incoming call from caller 1 is still active and shown in the top right corner:

2. Select a name from your favorites list/phone book or type in a search field.

3. Call the second person while the first call is not taken and is still shown as incoming.

4. After the second person takes the call, the status "in call" is shown in the top right corner. The green bar at the top also displays the name of the person in call and the current duration of the call.

The first call is still not taken and is shown as incoming under the active call with the second person.

Switch to a video call

Note that the video is automatically deactivated for both parties when starting a three-way conference or when the call is put on hold.

Switch to screen sharing

Screensharing

When you are in an active audio or video call, you can switch to screensharing. You can see the screen sharing button in the top right-hand corner.

  1. Hover over the screen sharing button.
    ⇒The tooltip Start sharing your screen will appear.
  2. Click on the screen sharing button to start sharing your screen.
    ⇒A selection dialogue opens (part of Chrome).
  3. Select between the following options: Share the entire screen (1), Share an application window (2), Share a Chrome tab (3).
  4. Click on Share to start screensharing what you have selected.

Changing what you are sharing

  1. To change what you are sharing, click on the screen sharing button.
    ⇒The two options will appear, Change what you are sharing and Stop sharing your screen.
  2. Click on Change what you sharing.
    ⇒The Chrome selection dialogue will appear.
  3. Select what you would like to share from the three options mentioned above.
  4. Click on Share to start screensharing what you have selected.