TIPInstall before you fly. Your plan only starts when it first connects at your destination.

Will WhatsApp and iMessage keep working?

Yes. They stay on your usual number and run over kimsim data. There's nothing to re-verify.

Yes. Messaging apps are tied to your account and your usual number, not to the SIM doing the data.

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, LINE, KakaoTalk

Nothing to change. Don't re-verify or change your number in the app. Just use them as normal once kimsim is your data line.

iMessage and FaceTime (iPhone)

  1. Settings → Messages → Send & Receive. Make sure your usual number is ticked.
  2. Settings → FaceTime → check the same under "You can be reached by FaceTime at".
  3. If the iPhone asks which line to use for iMessage and FaceTime, choose your home line.

Calls in the UAE

In the United Arab Emirates, WhatsApp and FaceTime voice and video calls are restricted. Messages still work. Plan to call through your home line, or one of the calling apps allowed there. Calls and messaging apps in the UAE.

Calls in Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, WhatsApp voice and video calls aren't officially allowed, though messages and voice notes work. FaceTime calls work. Calls in Saudi Arabia.

Normal texts

SMS isn't included with kimsim. Those still come in on your home SIM, at your home carrier's rates. Calls and texts.

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