Learn how to set up and use voicemail for Apple iPhone on iOS 14. Show Set up voicemailThe first time you use voicemail, you'll be asked to set up a password and greeting.
Play, share, or delete a voicemail messageYou can also ask Siri to do things like play your new voicemail.
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Voicemail used to be so important that households would buy an entire device just to save them. These days, we rarely think about them — most people won't leave a voicemail even if the person they're calling doesn't answer. However, having a custom voicemail greeting set up on your iPhone is still important. Not only can a custom voicemail make you sound more professional if an employer calls you, but it also gives you the chance to tell anyone calling a better way to reach you. Luckily, setting up a custom voicemail greeting on your iPhone is incredibly simple. Here's how to do it. How to set up voicemail on your iPhone1. Open the Phone app — the app that you use to make phone calls and track your contacts — and tap "Voicemail" in the bottom-right corner. 2. Once there, tap on "Greeting" in the top-left corner. Your iPhone will take a few moments to fetch and load your current voicemail greeting, which you can play using the controls in the middle of the page. You can view all your saved voicemails in this menu, as well as set a new greeting. Jamie Friedlander/Insider3. If you don't have a voicemail already set up, "Default" will be checked. To set up your greeting, check "Custom." 4. When you're ready to begin recording, tap on "Record" and begin speaking. Once you begin recording, you'll see the line turn red. This indicates how much time you have left. Need inspiration for your message? Here's a basic greeting that'll work in most situations:
If you're not always near your phone, or keep it on silent most of the time, you might also want to tell callers a better way to reach you. 5. When you're done recording, hit "Stop." 6. To listen to your recording, tap "Play" on the left-hand side of the screen. 7. Once you're happy with your recording, tap "Save" in the top-right corner. If you'd like to double-check that it worked, try calling your number using someone else's phone.
Jamie Friedlander is a freelance writer and editor. Her work has been published in New York Magazine's The Cut, the Chicago Tribune, Racked and Healthline, among other publications. She has a bachelor's degree in English from NYU and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Read more Read less How do I change my Voicemail message?Record a new greeting. Open the Google Voice app .. At the top left, tap Menu. Settings.. In the Voicemail section, tap Voicemail greeting.. Tap Record a greeting.. Tap Record .. Record your greeting and when you're done, tap Stop .. Choose what you want to do with the recording: To listen to the recording, tap Play. .. Why can't I change my Voicemail greeting on my iPhone?If you persistently can't save your greeting, you may need to reset your phone's network settings. The iPhone needs to access your network's data connection to save changes to your voice mail configuration, and if it can't connect to 3G or 4G, it won't save the changes.
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