BT Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa Built-In Works Only With BT Smart Hub 2

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For many, a lack of a landline won't be too much of a concern, as 98% of British adults have a mobile phone.

BT recommends that you stick to one type of phone instead of mixing the two different types of phone.VoIP converts your voice into a digital signal, so that it can be sent between computers and other devices on the internet. In my experience, which is long in time if not in quality, turning stuff off then on again solves more problems than owt else.

The easiest way to use your existing home phone with Digital Voice is to simply plug it in to the back of your BT Smart Hub 2 router (either the phone itself, or the hub if you have a cordless device).

Alexa's appearance on BT's handset is a smart move, and not only because it brings the functionality of a voice assistant to another location in the home. You can usually still use your current phone with Digital Voice, particularly if it’s a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) phone, although it may need an adaptor. He’s a regular at tech shows like CES, Mobile World Congress (MWC) and IFA as well as other launches and events. This is because the analogue phone network relies on old copper wires which were never really designed for the ultrafast broadband services of today. The phone, which is in the hallway, is out of DECT range of the Smart Hub 2, which is in my home office.