Hardly anyone knows the most practical function

As a customer of o2, the mobile phone and internet provider’s app is part of the standard equipment on the smartphone: Receive and check invoices, keep an eye on the contract or book options – no problem. But a function should be known to many more customers.

Although apps like “Mein o2” – or the counterparts from other providers – offer practically all the functions that a customer needs in everyday life, it may be necessary to get in direct contact with the provider from time to time.

This can be done by e-mail or, more and more often, by messenger, but when it should or has to be direct contact by phone, it becomes difficult. As practically everywhere, it also says “felt” at O2 insurmountable wall of the waiting loop between consumers on the one hand and customer advisors on the other.

Mein-o2-App saves you time on hold – this is how it works

Anyone who has already endured the wait one or more times will probably do almost anything to avoid it in the future. Exactly the o2 app helps but not only because it eliminates the need for many calls. Using a live evaluation, it will also tell you when it is worth calling the customer hotline and when it is better to keep your hands off the receiver.

You can find the function under the menu item “Help & Contact”, there simply select “Call hotline”. You can still choose a reason for contact, then follow the on the next page expected waiting time as well as the average occupancy, staggered according to day of the week and time of day.

If you want, you can initiate the call directly from there or find out when you have the best chance of short waiting times. Alternatively, you can also do one step beforehand request a callback, then o2 customer service will contact you at a suitable time.

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No guarantee from o2: it can sometimes take longer

But: The o2 app function does not give a guarantee. If you are unlucky, even with an average waiting time of 2 minutes, you can have exactly one other customer in front of you whose concerns need more time. In our tests with the Android version, however, the waiting time coincided with the information from the app.