Phone number "Unknown"

[Dunroamin]

I've just moved over from Plusnet EE onto an O2 SIM only monthly tariff. All's gone well, but I have one question. I have a Pixel 6a running up to date Android. In my Settings under 'About Phone' it shows the phone number as 'Unknown'. Likewise, under 'Phone number on SIM' its 'Unknown'.

A quick Google search seems to indicate that this is standard with O2. Can someone confirm that this is normal?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@Dunroamin 

Yes, perfectly normal. O2 don't push numbers to sim cards.

[Dunroamin]

MI5,

Thanks for the quick response. That's one less thing to worry about !

[MI5]

You're welcome

[chuckles2305]

do we know why a number shows on an iPhone but not an android? Seems very strange to me 

[MI5]

Because iPhones need a number to enable iMessage and Facetime and is written into the software to be writable.