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As if hearing hold music on a phone call wasn’t enough, you’ll now get to hear it during a video call too, as Microsoft Teams is adding hold music to its web conferencing service. The feature will be ...

If you make a call and are placed on hold, a new feature in ‌iOS 26‌ will do the waiting for you so you can do other things. Hold Assist listens for hold music playing, and then alerts you when a ...

Quick Answer: To enable Hold Assist on your iPhone, Open Settings > Phone and toggle on “Hold Assist Detection.” Your iPhone will monitor hold music and notify you when a person returns. You know that ...

The phone adds warbles, crackles, and periodic dropouts that are impossible to replicate on the bandstand; these imperfections are what give hold music its soul. When I call a business and get put on ...