VoWiFi calling feature rolling out for Honor 9X along with February EMUI security update

Honor is continuously upgrading its smartphones with the VoWiFi feature in India. Recently, Honor 10 Lite, Honor 20i and Honor 8X received the VoWiFi update for better calling.

According to a Honor Club user, the pop-up selfie camera smartphone – Honor 9X is now receiving a new EMUI update that installs the WiFi calling feature along with new security improvements.

More details of this update linked below.

VoWiFi Feature:

Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) or Wi-Fi Calling, enables users to use smartphones that support VoWiFi to dial numbers to use voice or video calls when a Wi-Fi connection is available.

February 2020 Security:

The February 2020 security for Honor 9X comes with Google security patches and fixes 2 critical and 20 high levels of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE).

One of the critical CVE-2020-0022 AKA BlueFrag is also fixed in this update, which allows silent code execution on the device that leads to data theft and spreading malware.

Honor 9X EMUI VERSION:

The VoWiFi and February 2020 system security update for Honor 9X comes with EMUI version 10.0.0.188 and 295MB of software size.

OTHER DEVICES to Receive VoWiFi Feature:

More Honor and Huawei devices could be the next to receive the VoWiFi feature.

CHECK FOR THE UPDATE:

Open HiCare/Support app
Click on ‘Services’ tab
Click on ‘Update’
Click on ‘CHECK FOR UPDATES’
Click on ‘Download and install’

Via Settings:

Open Settings
Click on ‘System & updates’
Click on ‘Software update’
Click on ‘CHECK FOR UPDATES’
Click on ‘Download and install’