# Smartphone Connect

> Control Panasonic DECT cordless phones with a smartphone over Wi-Fi. (iPhone/iPad app by PANASONIC ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNICATION CO., LTD..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartphone-connect/id684216224 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [PANASONIC ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1668304757)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.70/5 from 21 App Store ratings · 356 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: Russian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Hindi, Persian, Romansh, Serbian, Slovenian and 32 more
- Released: 2013-08-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartphone-connect/id684216224/reviews.md

## What is Smartphone Connect?

Your Smartphone can be an additional home telephone!

[Smartphone Connect] is free and easy-to-use application 
for Panasonic DECT Cordless Telephone(KX-PRW110/PRW120/PRW130). 
Wherever you are in your home, you can control Panasonic DECT Cordless Telephone with 
your smartphone/tablet by installing [Smartphone Connect] application over your wireless network (Wi-Fi). 

[Main Features]
- Making and receiving calls using your landline
- Making and receiving intercom calls
- Playing answering system messages
- Checking your call log
- Copying contacts from your smartphone to your phone system
- Transferring landline calls between your smartphone and your handsets

This App supports KX-PRW110/PRW120/PRW130  only.

## Key features

- Make/receive landline calls
- Intercom calls
- Play answering machine messages
- Check call log
- Copy smartphone contacts
- Transfer landline calls

## What do users think of Smartphone Connect?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Convenient landline call answering on smartphone
- 💡 Innovative concept of using iPhone/iPad as additional handsets
- 🔧 Easy initial setup and connection process
- 📞 Ability to make and receive landline calls remotely
- 📋 Contact transfer functionality
- 🔊 Access to voicemail and answering machine features

**Cons**

- 🐛 Call log feature crashes app consistently
- 🔋 Severe battery drain (15-75% usage reported)
- ❌ Frequent disconnection issues requiring re-registration
- ⚠️ iOS compatibility problems across multiple versions
- 🎤 Microphone permission issues on iOS 12+
- 📵 App requires constant background running to function
- 🔌 Poor WiFi connection stability
- ⏱️ Slow call answer response time
- 🎹 Keyboard randomly appears blocking controls
- 🔐 Excessive location/GPS permission requirements
- 📱 Lack of push notifications for incoming calls
- 🚫 Unreliable connection when away from home WiFi
- 🔄 Requires unlocking phone to answer calls
- ❓ Confusing connection status indicators

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Call log crashes app when opened
- App fails to request microphone permissions on iOS 12+
- App fails to request contact access permissions on iOS 12+
- Frequent disconnection from base unit
- Keyboard overlay blocks dialing interface
- CarPlay audio interference and forced switching
- Call history screen flashes then fails
- App crashes when accessing answering machine
- Connection drops when switching WiFi networks
- Incoming call notifications not working reliably
- Sound quality issues and audio lag during calls
- App crashes when uploading contacts
- Caller cannot hear user despite user hearing caller
- App stops working after iOS updates
- Unreliable reconnection upon returning home
- Ring tone settings not applying to incoming calls
- App loses connection and requires restart
- Call answer button intermittently unresponsive
- Contacts stored in international format not recognized
- App interference with Apple TV music playback

**Most requested features**

- Remote access to calls and answering machine outside WiFi network
- Push notification support for incoming calls
- Landscape orientation support for iPad
- Custom ringtone and wallpaper selection
- Speakerphone mode toggle
- Answer calls from lock screen
- Call blocking functionality
- Caller number search/lookup integration
- Better answering machine settings and playback controls
- Ability to control which WiFi networks app searches on
- Internal calling between multiple smartphones
- MacOS app version
- Bluetooth earphone support
- Modern UI/UX redesign
- Number format handling for international dialing

## Recent user reviews (10 of 356)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartphone-connect/id684216224/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Local somente

*2025-01-30, version 3.6*

Não funciona atendimento do telefone via internet. Muito ruim a interface somente funciona em rede local!

### 3/5 — Milagro

*2024-12-12, version 3.6*

Me parece increíble. Mi dispositivo tiene las pilas originales todavía puestas desde hace 10 años y sigue funcionando. Lo más paradójico es que en su momento eliminé la aplicación porque efectivamente había dejado de funcionar. Hoy después de 10 años la he vuelto a descargar y funciona perfectamente, incluso hasta he transferido un contacto del teléfono móvil al dispositivo. Señores de Panasonic ¿Me pueden ayudar?. Muchas gracias.

### 2/5 — Bof

*2024-10-22, version 3.6*

L’écran de visualisation du journal des appels se referme immédiatement

### 5/5 — Funziona bene anche su iPhone 15

*2024-08-28, version 3.6*

Funziona anche su iOS 17.6.1 benché la app non viene aggiornata da 2 anni

### 3/5 — Versión vieja

*2024-02-13, version 3.6*

No está actualizada para las nuevas versiones de IOs

### 2/5 — Call History

*2023-07-28, version 3.6*

When trying to review call history on my IPhone XR, the app flashes the history screen then fails.

### 1/5 — Péssimo

*2023-06-16, version 3.6*

Péssimo app

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2022-09-18, version 3.6*

Requires 24/7 always-on location tracking. Even has the chutzpah to demand "precise location", else the app will be greyed out under a fake error message.

Worked perfectly fine on older iOS with location services disabled.

Completely unacceptable.

### 1/5 — Not worth having

*2022-07-02, version 3.6*

Hopeless. Was a real trial to get it set up in the first instance, then it worked for a while and now simply won’t connect at all. Have followed all the trouble shooting suggestions with no joy. I am now going to delete it entirely as I can’t be bothered mucking around with it anymore.

### 1/5 — May 2022

*2022-05-11, version 3.6*

After the last update May/2022. 
Will not work properly if you don’t choose the gps always on. Dear Dev and Panasonic fix it asap. And maybe is a time for a new design.

## Frequently asked questions about Smartphone Connect

### What does Smartphone Connect do?

Smartphone Connect allows you to use your smartphone or tablet as an additional home telephone extension for compatible Panasonic DECT cordless phone systems. You can make and receive calls using your landline, manage answering machine messages, and access your call log wirelessly within your home network.

### What are the main features of Smartphone Connect?

Key features include making and receiving landline calls, initiating and receiving intercom calls between devices, playing messages from your answering system, checking your call log, copying contacts from your smartphone to your phone system, and transferring landline calls between your smartphone and handsets.

### Is Smartphone Connect free to use?

Yes, the application is described as free and easy-to-use. There is no mention of any costs associated with downloading or using the core functionalities of the app.

### What Panasonic phone models are compatible with Smartphone Connect?

This application specifically supports Panasonic DECT Cordless Telephone models KX-PRW110, KX-PRW120, and KX-PRW130 only. It will not function with other Panasonic models or different brands of cordless phones.

### How does Smartphone Connect work?

The app connects your smartphone or tablet to your Panasonic DECT cordless phone system over your wireless home network (Wi-Fi). This connection enables you to control and use your landline phone features directly from your mobile device.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.7 — 2025-04-23

[Important] Notification of End of Support for this app 
We have decided to end support for this app as of October 2025.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your patronage.
[Future Actions]
･You can continue to use this app after the end of support, but no fixes or new functions will be added.
･You will still be able to use devices other than smartphones.
For details, see here.
https://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/av/tel001/
*Updates
Add link to end of support announcement site

### 3.6 — 2022-05-09

bugs fixed.

### 3.5 — 2021-05-24

Supports iOS14 security enhancement.
Corresponding to the need for permission to access "Precise location" information in order to obtain the Wi-Fi name (SSID) from OS.

### 3.4 — 2020-01-24

Bugs fixed.

### 3.3 — 2019-09-20

Bugs fixed.

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