# Calling using the speakerphone **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368 "2020-08-16T20:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/1 "2020-08-16T20:14:40Z")
Hi all. By using the phone component or the activity starter I can call someone. However, I’d like to start a call using the speakerphone. Is that possível? How? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/2 "2020-08-22T15:04:51Z")
Nobody? ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/3 "2020-08-22T16:26:35Z")
Can you give an example of this? Do you mean how I talk to my google assistant that sits on the counter at home? ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/4 "2020-08-22T17:35:30Z")
No, i want to make a call using the “phone component” using the phonespeaker (loud) ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/5 "2020-08-22T18:10:16Z")
So when you make a call, automatically the phone uses speakerphone? I don’t think this is doable via thunkable but the user could do this easily, no? ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/6 "2020-08-23T01:28:13Z")
Anybody? ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/7 "2020-08-23T12:14:56Z")
@fabioirmao I think this will always need to be changed. Do you have any examples of apps that produce this behavior? I don’t think I’ve seen another app that starts calls in speakerphone. Can your users switch over to speaker? ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/8 "2020-08-23T21:30:42Z")
The app below Activate the speakerphone: > > > This simple application will automatically switch speaker status on\\off during a phone call according to phone position. > It uses the proximity sensor to know if the phone is near your ear or not. > > If you are using any type of headset, it will turn the speaker off, regardless of the proximity sensor and use the headset. > > Whenever you are in a call, a new "control" button appears (default location is on the top left of the screen). > Pressing this button enables (Green icon) or disables (Red icon) t... I know that It is possíble to do that using Java. I would like to know how to do that in Thunkable. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/9 "2020-08-23T21:34:56Z")
This is not possible at this time. Apps made with thunkable cannot run in the background nor do we have access to that sensor. Perhaps in the future?!?! ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/10 "2020-08-23T22:02:57Z")
Man, i do not need the app to run in background. Please, If you do not know how to do It, let anybody else to answer. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/11 "2020-08-23T22:49:25Z")
Sorry for Misunderstanding Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@penny](https://community.thunkable.com/u/penny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/12 "2020-08-24T14:08:16Z")
Man, i do not need the app to run in background. Please, If you do not know how to do It, let anybody else to answer. Charm school closed today? ---
**Author:** ![fabioirmao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/fabioirmao/32/43097_2.png) [@fabioirmao](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fabioirmao)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/13 "2020-08-24T14:50:10Z")
I did not mean to be rude. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/calling-using-the-speakerphone/746368/14 "2024-11-08T12:24:39Z")