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How to prepare voicemail on your iPhone

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When yous switch from one iPhone to the adjacent, your voicemail setup can movement with you. But if you're new to the Apple tree's smartphone or didn't restore rom a previous version that had voicemail installed on your new iPhone, you're going to need to set voicemail upward.

Sure, texting and messaging apps might be your preferred way of communicating, only in that location are still plenty of people who call and want to exit a message. And if you're unavailable to answer them, you lot'll desire to know that your handy voicemail can take the call — and convert the message to text using visual voicemail, so yous don't even need to worry about listening to it if you don't want to.

All-time of all, setting up voicemail on your iPhone is simple, requiring only a handful of taps. Here'due south a guide on how to set up voicemail on your iPhone.

How to ready voicemail on your iPhone

one. Open up the Phone app on your iPhone. Unless you've moved the icon location, information technology'll be at the lesser of the habitation screen.

2. Once you're in the Phone app, choose the Voicemail icon all the fashion to the right on the bottom row.

3. Now that you've found the Voicemail page, you'll observe that it's empty with a white screen. Tap "Set up now."

If the screen isn't empty, information technology means you've already set up your voicemail and you lot should be skilful to go.

four. Apple will ask that you to input a password. You lot'll then need to re-enter the password, and when you're gear up, tap Done.

five. Apple will automatically direct you to the Greeting page. Now you should either cull a simple default greeting asking people to go out a bulletin or create your own. Tap Custom to record your ain message, followed past Tape to leave your greeting. When y'all're done, tap Save.

Getting Visual Voicemail on your iPhone

One of the more user-friendly features for Apple'south Telephone app is Visual Voicemail, which saves you from listening to messages to see what callers said. Apple tree'south service includes a text translation feature that's turned on by default.

If you want to brand sure Visual Voicemail will work properly in your linguistic communication, become to Settings, followed by Siri & Search and then Linguistic communication. Choose your preferred language and transcripts will then exist displayed in that language whenever you get a voicemail.

What about basic voicemail?

Apple's Visual Voicemail is a solution that'south designed for a more robust and appealing voicemail experience. In that location's no logging in, and you can get a transcript of your voicemail quickly and easily. Better even so, y'all can remember or create new contacts quickly.

Merely if it'due south just not the right solution for you lot, your carrier may too provide basic voicemail back up. In those cases, you lot'll demand to dial in to a specific voicemail line, but you'll notwithstanding exist able to get your messages.

Each carrier has a different method for setting upward voicemail, and we've provided a brief description of how to do it (and where to find instructions) where applicative below.

AT&T: If you're an AT&T customer, you lot take the selection of creating your own basic voicemail. Y'all'll demand to press and hold the one key down while y'all're on your phone. AT&T will then ask you to set up your greeting via voice prompts.

Sprint: Dart has its ain bones voicemail for you lot to gear up. In society to get there, you'll need to press and hold the ane button and create a four-to-ten digit passcode to access your voicemail. You'll and so demand to follow the vocalism prompts to set up it up.

Verizon: Lamentable, but Verizon isn't much help hither. Instead of allowing you lot to set basic voicemail, the company instead directs you to set up Visual Voicemail on your iPhone.

T-Mobile: T-Mobile has a similar story to tell as Verizon. Instead of allowing yous to ready up a specific basic voicemail, it instead directs yous to Apple to set up upward Visual Voicemail.

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Don Reisinger is CEO and founder of D2 Tech Bureau. A communications strategist, consultant, and copywriter, Don has also written for many leading technology and concern publications including CNET, Fortune Magazine, The New York Times, Forbes, Computerworld, Digital Trends, TechCrunch and Slashgear. He has besides written for Tom'due south Guide for many years, contributing hundreds of articles on everything from phones to games to streaming and smart home.