Voicemail is an outdated feature and we can all agree the way it works on your iPhone should be improved.
Luckily, there are a few tips you can use on how to listen to voicemail on iPhone and make your life little bit easier:
To hear a voicemail message:
- Touch the Home button on the iPhone. This will open up your home screen.
- Swipe right until you reach the Messages icon (it looks like an envelope). Tap this icon once to open up your messaging app and touch Voicemail in the bottom-left corner of your phone’s screen under Recents & Favorites (iOS 12) or Inbox (iOS 11). Your messages are organized by date, with the most recent ones appearing at the top.
If you have multiple voicemails, you can use 3D Touch (tap and hold) or swipe right on a message to mark as unread or delete it entirely.
- Tap Play Audio near a specific message’s title bar to listen. If there are multiple messages from one person listed together under one number in chronological order from oldest first through newest last, instead of each individual message being listed separately as above, then go ahead and tap Play Audio next time.
We’ve learned how you can listen to voicemail on iPhone. If you have an Android phone instead, you may want to read as well how to change voicemail on a Samsung phone. If you followed along with our step-by-step guide, then you should now know how easy it can be.
Other crucial procedures about iPhone related to listening to voicemail
It is also essential to note that there are other ways which you can use the audio after learning how to listen to voicemail on iPhone. For instance, you would want to forward a voicemail, turn off, record or send it to an iPhone. Let’s see how this is possible.
Forwarding a voicemail on iPhone
Here is how to forward a voicemail on iPhone if you received a voicemail while using another application (for example, while playing a game).
1. Tap Phone on the Home screen to open the Phone app.
2. Tap Voicemail at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap Play All in the upper-right corner of the screen when listening to your voicemails in order as they were received.
4. When you hear a message you want to forward, tap Details in the upper-right corner of the screen. The Details screen appears with information about the message, including its duration and who it was sent from.
5. Tap Details again, then tap Forward at the top of your iPhone’s screen (or Forward New if this is your first forwarded message). The Forward Message window appears so that you can enter contact information for who you want to receive this message.
Turning off voicemail on iPhone
If you don’t know how to turn off voicemail on iPhone 6, you simply need to head into the settings and disable the feature. This works with all versions of iOS, including iOS 12.
Follow these steps on how to turn off voicemail on your iPhone:
To turn off voicemail, open up the Settings app and select “Phone.” Under Phone, select Voicemail. The only option you’ll see there is “Voicemail on.” Tap it so that the button is greyed out (not blue). That’s it. You’ve turned off voicemail on your iPhone.
Recording voicemail on iPhone
If you want to know how to record voicemail on iPhone, then here are the steps you need to take.
Step 1: Open up the Phone app on your iOS device. You can find this icon by tapping the Phone icon from your home screen.
Step 2: Tap Voicemail under Recents at the bottom of your screen. This will open up your voicemail inbox. If there are no new messages, tap Voicemail at the bottom of your screen once again to dial into voicemail directly from here.
Step 3: After dialing into voicemail, tap 3 to access settings for recording and storing voicemails on your device. You’ll see two options here (Recording and Storage). Select whichever one works best for you or both.
Sending voicemail on iPhone
For those wondering how to send a voicemail on iPhone, there are actually two ways you can do it in.
The first way is to send a voicemail from your iPhone directly to someone. In this case, you will need to tap on the Messages icon and then select the name of the person you want to send a voice message to. Once selected, tap on the blue microphone icon located in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Then simply record your message and when finished tap on “Send” to send it off.
The second way is by sending an email message with an attached voice recording file. This method will not work if your iPhone does not have internet access. To do this, tap on “New Message” then select “Compose New Message” and type in the name of the person you want to send your voice message to.
Once complete, tap on “Attachment” at the top right-hand corner of your screen followed by “Add Attachment” where you will be prompted with several options including voicemail files that are stored on your phone as well as other files that may be stored in iCloud or Dropbox (if available).
Please note that different carriers may have slightly different ways of doing things so don’t forget to stay abreast with the latest updates from your phone company. Now go out into the world and enjoy your newly found knowledge about iPhone voicemails.
Besides voicemail, if you are an Apple user, perhaps you want to know how to block email on iCloud as well.
FAQs
Why can’t I hear my voicemail on my iPhone?
There are several reasons why your iPhone might not be able to play back voicemail messages, including:
- The volume on your phone is turned down too low.
- You haven’t set up voicemail properly.
- You don’t have enough storage space left on your phone’s memory card, or on its internal storage drive itself.
- Your service provider has disabled the ability for users to record their own greeting messages for their own personal use.
