continuityiphonemacbook pro
I'm trying to start a call on iPhone 11 using MacBook Pro on macOS Catalina, however I'm getting an error message that says "Your iPhone needs to use the same iCloud and Facetime".
I've double-checked that FaceTime and iCloud accounts are the same on iPhone, yet the message won't go away. Is there a way to know what macOS thinks the accounts on iPhone and macOS are and how they are different? Or is there any other fix for this?
Ok, figured it out myself. My first problem was that for some reason my phone hadn't activated properly with iMessage / FaceTime (my phone number was unchecked in the You can be reached by FaceTime At section in FaceTime settings). That required switching off FaceTime and iMessage and switching them back on again after a short wait so that they could activate properly, which they did.
Once that was done, my FaceTime settings (on my iPhone) had a new option: iPhone Mobile Calls:
My wife's phone also has that setting. Choosing which phone is used is just a question of only having this setting enabled on one phone at a time. I assume (all though I haven't tried it) that if both phones are enabled in this way, FaceTime on iPad or Mac gives you the choice of which phone/number to use. It wasn't giving me a choice earlier because there was only one phone enabled.
The continuity is only for cellular calls, which are routed through the iPhone, but doesn’t work with facetime calls.
FaceTime would have to just be configured on both devices and you pick up directly without needing a hand-off from one ringing to cause the other to ring.
Best Answer
To see devices attached to an account:
The screen will then show you devices that are attached to that account.
The device MUST be running iOS 8, macOS Yosemite, or watchOS 1 or above (not an issue in your case).