How To Set Up Visual Voicemail On Your iPhones

New owners of iPhones may want to set up their visual voicemail, a feature allowing you to see all of your voicemails without calling a number first.

Visual voicemail gives you a list of all your voicemail messages so that you can see for yourself which one you need to listen to, and which one to delete or share. Depending on where you are and the model of your iPhone, you may be able to read transcripts of the messages with the help of voicemail-to-text function on iPhones.

This guide will work on most iPhones, even the newly-released 11 models. However, make sure that the device is updated before you start. What you want to do is to go to Settings > General > Software Update.

Once the visual voicemail is set, you can also save them as voice memos or notes, as well as sharing them on Mail, Airdrop, and Messages.

Setting Up Voicemail On Your iPhone

If you use a major carrier in India, like Airtel and Vodafone, you will be able to make use of this feature.

Step 1: Tap on the Phone app at the bottom of the phone screen. Look at the bottom again, and you will see the icon for voicemail on the right-hand side. Tap on it to go to visual voicemail.

Step 2: The screen for visual voicemail should be an empty space with a button at the center to Set up now. Choose it. Now users will have two choices. If you have used the feature before and now you simply want to access it on the new device, all you have to do is to type in the password, and you are all set. If you have never used visual voicemail, now is the time to create a password and enter it again. When you have finished with the password, tap on Done.

Step 3: Now, you will see the Greeting screen. To save time if you do not care much about greeting, choose Default and then press Done to skip it. Those who want a personalized greeting, tap on Custom and then Record to make your own version. You can hear the recording again by selecting Play. When you are happy with the greeting, tap on Done.

You now have a voicemail on the new phone.

Set Up A Visual Voicemail Transcript

With iOS 10 and iPhone 6s forward, users can see both the message’s text transcript and their visual voicemail. Voicemail transcript will turn the audio file into text by running it through Apple Servers and using machine learning.

If you want to see both of them, first, you will need to enable Siri. To do so, follow these steps: Settings > Siri & Search > and Language English (U.S.) or English (Canada). The transcription is still in beta, but it runs pretty accurately. After you have done, you can tap on any existing or previous message, and a new transcript will start.

Not Satisfied? Try An App

If for some reason you do not like, or unable to use Apple’s voicemail, you can find an app for visual voicemail on iOS. Our suggestions are YouMail and InstaVoice. They have some different interfaces and some extra features, for example, liking several phone numbers. The best part is, they are both free to use.