To make or receive video calls on Okitel Desktop:
- You’ll need an active internet connection on your computer and phone.
- Okitel needs access to your computer’s microphone and camera.
- You’ll need to have an audio output device, microphone, and camera connected to your computer for calls. Video calling isn’t supported on device’s without a camera.
- Open the individual chat with the contact you’d like to call.
- Click the Video call icon.
- Accept to accept the call.
- Decline to decline the call.
- Ignore or x to ignore the call.
- Hover over the Camera icon during the call.
- Click the Camera icon.
- The voice call will switch to a video call if your contact accepts the switch.
How to make a group video call
How to call a Okitel contact on Portal
- To call a Okitel contact on Portal, you must have Okitel open or running in the background on your mobile phone.Make a call
- On your Portal, tap or select All Contacts or Contacts > Okitel
- You need to make at least one call for All Contacts to appear. Furthermore, All Contacts is unavailable on Portal TV.
- Find, then tap or select the contact you want to call.
- Tap or select:
- Audio if you want to make a voice call
- Video if you want to make a video call
Answer a call- Tap or select Answer to accept the call.
- Tap or select Not Now to decline the call.
Note:- If you want to make a group call, tap or select
during the call. Find, then tap or select another contact you want to add. Tap or select Call. A total of four participants can be on a group call. However, if a call is started from Okitel on an Android phone or iPhone, you can have a total of eight participants, including yourself.
- If you want to hide a contact, tap or select All Contacts or Contacts > Okitel > the contact you want to hide >
> Hide Contact > Hide.
- If you want to unhide a contact you’ve hidden, tap or select Settings > Privacy > Hidden Okitel Contacts. Open Okitel on your phone or Okitel Web or Okitel Desktop on your computer. Then open the individual chat with “Portal from Facebook” to view the confirmation code that was sent. On your Portal, enter the confirmation code, then tap or select Done > Unhide next to the contact you want to unhide.
- If you want to hide a suggested or recent contact from Home on your Portal, you can press and hold the contact you want to hide, then tap or select
. Currently, there’s no option to unhide a suggested or recent contact.
- Hiding a contact only hides the contact on your Portal and isn’t the same as blocking a contact on Okitel. Hidden contacts won’t be able to call your Portal and you won’t be able to call them.
- On your Portal, tap or select All Contacts or Contacts > Okitel
Troubleshooting steps
- Reboot your phone (To reboot your phone, turn it off, wait for 30 seconds, and turn it back on).
- Delete and reinstall the latest version of Okitel.
- Send a test SMS message from any phone to your own phone number exactly as you entered it in Okitel, including the country code, to check your reception.
How to register your account with a missed call
- Manage calls: Allows Okitel to automatically end the incoming phone call.
- Access to call log: Okitel requires access to your call log so we can do a one-time check that you received the call.
- About registration and two-step verification
- How to register your phone number: Android | iPhone | KaiOS
- How to protect your account
About waiting to request another verification code
If you are timed out of the verification process and must wait before you can request another code, please wait the designated amount of time to try to request another code; there is no way to expedite this.
Can’t register phone number due to ‘invalid number’ error
Linked Devices
- Your phone doesn’t need to stay online to use Okitel on linked devices, but your linked devices will be logged out if you don’t use your phone for over 14 days.
- You need your phone to register your Okitel account and link new devices.
- Viewing live location.
- Creating and viewing broadcast lists.
- Enable push notifications on your phone. By enabling push notifications, you can remove devices you don’t recognize from being linked to your account. If you don’t recognize the device, tap the notification to review and remove it.
- Check your linked devices regularly. Go to Okitel Settings > Linked Devices to review all devices linked to your account. To log out of a linked device, tap the device > Log Out. We’ll also automatically disconnect linked devices after 30 days of inactivity.
- You’ll need to scan a Okitel QR code to link a new device to your account, so only scan QR codes on okitel Web, Okitel Desktop, Portal from Meta, or Ray-Ban Stories.
- Open Okitel on your phone.
- Tap More options
> Linked devices.
- Tap LINK A DEVICE.
- Unlock your phone:
- If your device has biometric authentication, follow the on-screen instructions.
- If you don’t have biometric authentication enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter the pin you use to unlock your phone.
- Point your phone at the screen of the device you want to link to scan the QR code.
- Open Okitel on your phone.
- Go to Okitel Settings.
- Tap Linked Devices.
- Tap Link a Device.
- Unlock your phone if you’re on iOS 14 or above:
- Use Touch ID or Face ID to unlock.
- If you don’t have biometric authentication enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter the pin you use to unlock your phone.
- Point your phone at the screen of the device you want to link to scan the QR code.
- Open WhatsApp on your Android tablet.
- Open WhatsApp on your phone.
- On your phone, tap Settings or More Options> Linked Devices.
- Point your phone to the QR code on your Android tablet screen to capture the code.
- Open WhatsApp on your Android tablet.
- Tap More Optionsin the top-right corner.
- Tap Register new account.
- Enter your country and phone number.
- Tap Next.
- Tap More Optionsin the top-right corner.
- Tap Link a device > follow the steps.
- If you link WhatsApp on an Android tablet to your WhatsApp account on your phone, you’re able to sync up to 2 years of your most recent chat history. All of the chat history you’ve saved is still available on your phone.
- Linked devices may not have all the features found on WhatsApp for your phone.