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Hey OP, I had the same issue (also in France), and I believe it’s just a settings change that you have to do for this.

Under Settings -> Make and receive calls -> Ensure it’s set to Prefer Wi-Fi and mobile data.

If it’s set to use carrier, then you cannot make calls. Hope this work because this would scare the crap out of me!

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indeed this is the right answer. Thanks! Is this a new feature or they just changed a default on last version, because i've been making gvoice calls from that account on this phone without a sim card for months.

well, now i don't have a US phone number associated with my account anymore, hopefully i don't get kicked out for some other reason before i'm back home.

I think an update flipped the setting, or added it.

Glad this worked for you!

This has been the behavior for many years now.

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