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Transfer & Hold

Putting a Call on Hold​

  • You can put a call made or received on hold by pressing the hold button on your phone dialer.
  • You can also put a call on hold from the app. Tap the green Calls button at the top of the screen (it shows the number of active calls) to open the call screen, then tap Hold on the active call card.
  • Whenever a call is put on hold — from the phone dialer or from the app — the app automatically opens the call screen. The held call is shown on its own card with an On hold status, where you can Resume the call or start a transfer.

Transferring a Call​

All transfers start from the call screen. Tap the green Calls button at the top of the app to open it — or, when using the native phone dialer, simply press Hold: the app automatically brings you to the call screen so you can transfer the call. Then tap Transfer on the call card. This opens the transfer dialog where you first choose how to transfer:

  • Transfer now — blind transfer
  • Attended transfer — announce the call first
  • Park call — put the call on a park orbit for anyone to pick up (shown only if your PBX has park orbits)

For Transfer now and Attended transfer, you then choose the destination from one of four sources:

  • Dial a number — enter the digits manually
  • Extensions — pick another extension on the PBX
  • PBX contacts — pick a contact from the company directory
  • Phone contacts — pick a contact from your phone's address book

A search field lets you filter the lists. Contacts with more than one number expand so you can pick the exact number.

Blind Transfer​

  • On the active call card, tap Transfer, choose Transfer now, pick the destination. The call is passed to the destination immediately.

Shortcut: Transfer here

  • While a call is in progress, the rows on the Extensions and Contacts tabs show a Transfer here button. One tap blind-transfers the current call to that extension or contact.

Attended Transfer​

There are two ways to do an attended transfer:

From the transfer dialog

  1. On the call card, tap Transfer, choose Attended transfer, then pick the destination.
  2. The current call is put on hold and the app calls the destination for you. Once the destination answers, the transfer completes automatically and the two parties are connected.

Manually, with announcement

Use this method when you want to speak to the destination before handing over the call:

  1. Put the call on hold from the phone dialer or from the app. You are taken to the call screen.
  2. Make a second call to the destination — from the dial pad, the Extensions tab, or the Contacts tab.
  3. Both calls now appear on the call screen: the new call on top, and the held call below with the status On hold · waiting for transfer, showing the transfer target.
  4. When the destination answers, announce the call.
  5. To hand over the call, tap Complete transfer on the held call card. The two parties are connected and you are dropped from both calls.
  6. To abort instead, tap Resume on the held call card to take the original call back.

Screenshots below are for an attended transfer to another extension on the PBX:

Parking a Call​

Parking puts a call on a shared park orbit — a numbered slot that anyone on the PBX can pick up from their own phone. Use it to hand a call to a colleague without knowing which phone they will answer, or to hold a call somewhere both of you can reach it.

Park is available only if your PBX has park orbits set up. When it does, the option appears in the transfer dialog alongside blind and attended transfer.

Parking​

  1. On the active call card, tap Transfer.
  2. Choose Park call. If every orbit is already in use, this option is shown as All parks in use and can't be selected.
  3. Pick a free orbit from the list. A search field lets you filter by orbit name or number.

The call is parked on that orbit and you are dropped from it. The parked call now shows on the Extensions tab for everyone to see and pick up.

Picking Up a Parked Call​

Parked calls appear pinned at the top of the Extensions tab, highlighted in green. Each parked call shows the orbit, the caller, the caller's number, and who parked it (Parked by …).

To retrieve a parked call, tap the Pick up button on its row. The app calls you back and connects you to the parked party. The list updates live, so a call someone else picks up disappears on its own.