You are here:
Use a Desk Phone
Answer and make voice calls from the Omni-Channel utility with a desk phone. By default, the softphone is enabled for all reps. To use a deskphone, you should enable the deskphone from the Omni-Channel settings.

Use more general search terms.
Select fewer filters to broaden your search.
You are here:
Answer and make voice calls from the Omni-Channel utility with a desk phone. By default, the softphone is enabled for all reps. To use a deskphone, you should enable the deskphone from the Omni-Channel settings.
This article applies to:
| View supported editions. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To answer and make calls and to view Voice records: | Contact Center Agent permission set |
Your admin must first set up desk phone functionality for your user profile in Amazon Connect.
The Phone component must be added to the Voice Call page layout. The Phone component is displayed on the page only when the rep is on a call.
Voice is supported only on the latest stable browser version of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge (Chromium). Cookies must be enabled to allow single sign-on (SSO).

Now you can make and receive voice calls with your desk phone.
You can use desk phones for voice calls even if the microphone settings are disabled in your browser. After saving the phone type as desk phone, if you get the microphone disabled error, refresh the browser to use the desk phone.

We use three kinds of cookies on our websites: required, functional, and advertising. You can choose whether functional and advertising cookies apply. Click on the different cookie categories to find out more about each category and to change the default settings.
Privacy Statement
Required cookies are necessary for basic website functionality. Some examples include: session cookies needed to transmit the website, authentication cookies, and security cookies.
Functional cookies enhance functions, performance, and services on the website. Some examples include: cookies used to analyze site traffic, cookies used for market research, and cookies used to display advertising that is not directed to a particular individual.
Advertising cookies track activity across websites in order to understand a viewer’s interests, and direct them specific marketing. Some examples include: cookies used for remarketing, or interest-based advertising.