Grand Theft Auto VI builds its two-lead structure around more than just swapping characters on the fly. When you are controlling Jason Duval or Lucia Caminos, you can call the other one to come to you, using your in-game phone. That turns the pair into an on-demand team, so you can pull your partner into a job before you commit to it.
Quick answer: Open the phone while playing as either Jason or Lucia, then send a text or place a call to summon your partner. They travel to your position and arrive on the scene, ready to work jobs like robberies or heists together.
How the call-in works with the phone
The summon runs through the phone, which is a full part of the game rather than a menu overlay. You contact your counterpart two ways, and both bring them to you.
| Method | What it does |
|---|---|
| Text | Messages the other protagonist to head to your location. |
| Call | Places a phone call requesting your partner come to the scene. |
This is separate from the instant character switch. Switching drops you into whatever the other lead is already doing, wherever they are. Summoning instead moves that partner to where you are standing so the two can act together.
When you would summon Jason or Lucia
The most direct use is prepping a job. Beyond open-world roaming, you take on work as partners in crime, and you may want the other lead present before you accept the task. Having both on scene adds coordination to robberies and heists.
The payoff shows up in how the two split roles. One can rob a store while the other brings a getaway vehicle around the front. That kind of division of labor is exactly what the summon sets up, letting you assemble the crew before the action starts instead of scrambling mid-mission.
You can also use it for plain company. Calling your partner over to travel somewhere together works the same way as calling them in for a job.
Travel time and current limits
Your partner does not teleport. They physically travel to your location, so arrival depends on how far apart the two of you are. Given the size of Leonida, that could mean a short wait of a few minutes before they reach you, though a long delay would break the flow of a mission.
One boundary is still open. Whether you can summon the other lead in the middle of an open-world combat situation is not settled, since the scenario may not always allow it. The feature is clearly built around jobs and setup rather than being a guaranteed panic button in every firefight.
Why the partnership matters in play
Jason and Lucia are a criminal couple whose story keeps them bound together, and their teamwork carries into gameplay. Each brings different strengths to a job, which is part of why pulling the right one in matters.
| Lead | Strengths in a job |
|---|---|
| Lucia | Stealth, hacking and quiet infiltration, useful for bypassing alarms and cracking vaults. |
| Jason | Weapon control and driving, suited to shootouts and high-speed getaways. |
A bank job shows the split in action. You might work as Lucia to handle the vault, then switch to Jason to hold off police at the entrance. Getaways lean the other way, with Jason driving and Lucia leaning out to fire. Calling your partner in is the step that gets both of those halves in the same place before the plan kicks off.
Grand Theft Auto VI is set to release November 19th, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, so the exact feel of the summon timing and its combat limits will be locked down at launch.
