Voicemail is a voice message left by a caller when the person being called is away or busy on another call. Learn about typical voicemail features and how visual voicemail works. Then set up voicemail on your mobile device.
Set up voicemail on iPhone and Android (any provider)
The voicemail function works similarly to an answering machine. The main difference, however, is that the voice message is not stored on the answering machine, but on the server of the service provider, in a space reserved for the user, a so-called mailbox.
Voicemail has the same features as e-mail, except that the messages are voices instead of text. In addition to recording and playing sounds, voicemail has the following additional features:
This enhanced type of voicemail is taking over smartphones and mobile devices. It allows you to check your voicemail without having to listen to everything. It presents your voicemail in a list, just like your email. You can then choose to apply a number of options to voicemail messages, such as replaying, deleting, and moving, which would be impossible or difficult with regular voicemail.
