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> The priority here should have been to explain and disseminate the workaround, not to start with several sentences of establishing that the blame must be shar

> The priority here should have been to explain and disseminate the workaround, not to start with several sentences of establishing that the blame must be shared. Below is one of the comments on the original reddit thread that gives more context of how this could happen. u/rbrome on reddit thread[0]: Teams is a wide-ranging service that includes VoIP phone service. I believe it is designed to replace your company's phone system if you want it to. So it makes sense that it registers with Android as a VoIP service. There are situations where someone might want/need Teams to handle a 911 call. Perhaps you have an Android device with Teams that's designed to be a campus-only phone, without cellular service. Any device that presents as a phone and can make calls, is required by the FCC to be able to complete a 911 call. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/r4xz1f/comment/hntbmcg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/r4xz1f/comment...

dralley 5y ago
>> Perhaps you have an Android device with Teams that's designed to be a campus-only phone, without cellular service. Unless it lacks a cellular radio entirely, I find it unlikely that voip would be a better option than cellular service on any college campus I'm aware of.
Xorlev 5y ago
You don't need cellular service to call 911, just signal.
- kuschku 5y ago
  Take a Nexus 7 WiFi with teams installed. It can do phone calls. It can’t receive cell signals. It has to be able to handle 911, by passing them through to teams.
  - nneonneo 5y ago
    Yeah, but the device really ought to make a 911 call using the cell radio if at all possible (i.e. it has a cell radio with a signal), and only fall back to third parties if not. This is different from the normal call flow, where you might delegate all non-emergency calls to the third party.
sbierwagen 5y ago
>Perhaps you have an Android device with Teams that's designed to be a campus-only phone, without cellular service. I feel I don't care about vanishingly rare use case of a wifi-only Android device on a campus network. If a device has a cell phone radio in it, it should be able to make a 911 call, and letting an app block that is inexcusable.

dralley 5y ago

>> Perhaps you have an Android device with Teams that's designed to be a campus-only phone, without cellular service. Unless it lacks a cellular radio entirely, I find it unlikely that voip would be a better option than cellular service on any college campus I'm aware of.

Xorlev 5y ago

You don't need cellular service to call 911, just signal.

kuschku 5y ago
Take a Nexus 7 WiFi with teams installed. It can do phone calls. It can’t receive cell signals. It has to be able to handle 911, by passing them through to teams.
- nneonneo 5y ago
  Yeah, but the device really ought to make a 911 call using the cell radio if at all possible (i.e. it has a cell radio with a signal), and only fall back to third parties if not. This is different from the normal call flow, where you might delegate all non-emergency calls to the third party.

sbierwagen 5y ago

>Perhaps you have an Android device with Teams that's designed to be a campus-only phone, without cellular service. I feel I don't care about vanishingly rare use case of a wifi-only Android device on a campus network. If a device has a cell phone radio in it, it should be able to make a 911 call, and letting an app block that is inexcusable.