Live Voicemail is Apple’s version of a live voicemail transcription service, part of its visual voicemail offerings. It uses software to scan a voicemail, guess what it’s saying, and create a brief transcript of the voicemail while it is being recorded, not afterward.
This timesaver helps you identify what a voicemail is at a glance and decide if you want to take a call that you would otherwise let go to voicemail. While accurate, it gives a good summary and is a valuable feature when handling iPhone-related voicemails. This guide shows you how to get the benefits of live voicemailon your phone.
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How to set up Apple’s live voicemail feature
In many cases, live voicemail is turned on and activated after downloading iOS 17. But sometimes, it doesn’t work out or gets turned off. You must activate everything to get this function if you have a new iPhone.
Live voicemail is only available in North America.
Here’s what to do:
A real-time transcript appears on your notifications screen when an incoming call goes to voicemail. It displays a photo of the contact if you have one. This is a transcript shown from voicemail. To talk to the person, take the call while they are still recording.
You won’t get some live voicemails, even with the feature turned on. For example, if your iOS software believes that a phone call is potential spam, it doesn’t route them to voicemail. The voicemail service doesn’t work when your iPhone is turned off or out of range.
you may send a call immediately to live voicemail by selecting thetape recorder iconwhen a call appears on your iPhone. Use this function to get a real-time transcript when you want it. Otherwise, the full transcript appears in your visual voicemail section in the Phone app after the call is completed.
Does live voicemail work with calls coming from Android phones?
Apple’s live voicemail should work with all kinds of incoming calls, with the caveats mentioned above. As long as a person has begun leaving a voicemail, live voicemail should kick in no matter what kind of phone it’s coming from, including Android.
Is there any way to get this live voicemail feature on Android?
Android phones have access to avariety of voicemail appswith many visual voicemail features. However, we haven’t come across anything like Apple’s live voicemail. For now, it’s an Apple-only service.
Your live voicemail transcripts await
With live voicemails activated, you can get live updates on the message someone is recording and if it’s worth your time. If the feature is annoying, turn it off in the Settings menu. Learn to set up voicemail features with different carriersas a backup.
