{"id":843895,"date":"2026-09-11T08:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843895\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:18:19","slug":"t-mobile-will-charge-5-month-for-apples-new-iphone-handoff-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843895\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile will charge $5\/month for Apple\u2019s new iPhone Handoff feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0012.jpeg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple\u2019s new iPhone Handoff feature, which lets users share a single phone number across two iPhones, will cost $5 per month on T-Mobile. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Telekom will also require a subscription<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, during the WWDC keynote, Apple quickly showcased a slide containing dozens upon dozens of features and improvements coming to iOS 27, one of which read \u201cSwitch between two iPhone devices with the same phone number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During yesterday\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d event, Apple\u2019s VP of iPhone Product Marketing, Kaiann Drance, shared more details about the feature:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201ciOS 27 improves connectivity with smarter transitions between cellular and Wi-Fi networks and introduces iPhone Handoff that lets you use a single phone number across two iPhones. The number is instantly active on whichever iPhone you pick up. iPhone Handoff launches with T-Mobile and Telekom Germany. Verizon and EE will add support by the end of the year with more carriers to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What wasn\u2019t mentioned during the event, however, was the fact that at least for T-Mobile customers, the feature will come at a $5\/month cost, as noted by Stetson Doggett on X:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/127274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support page for iPhone Handoff<\/a> states that \u201ccarrier fees might apply when enrolling in iPhone Handoff,\u201d and adds that customers should contact their carrier for more details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9to5Mac consulted Deutsche Telekom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telekom.com\/de\/newsroom\/aktuelles\/medieninformationen\/2026\/09\/iphone-handoff-bei-der-telekom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> of the feature, and the carrier does not charge a separate fee for iPhone Handoff specifically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the feature is part of the carrier\u2019s MultiSIM offering. Adding a MultiSIM to an existing plan costs \u20ac6.95 per month, although one is already included at no additional cost with select plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about iPhone Handoff, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/127274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789114693_340_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789114695_625_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4iRiYYE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1067971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789114699_930_im-9to5mac-banner-750x150@2x_6f4008.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s new iPhone Handoff feature, which lets users share a single phone number across two iPhones, will cost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-843895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}