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Master Your Voicemail with Live Voicemail on iPhone

 Unfamiliar numbers. Unwanted pitches. Missed opportunities. These are common voicemail woes, but fear not! Live Voicemail, a built-in iPhone feature, empowers you to take control and streamline your communication.

 Top Benefits:

Real-time message preview: See what's being said as it happens. No more blind answering!

Informed call decisions: Decide to answer live, let it go to voicemail, or even silence unknown callers.

Enhanced privacy: Choose who can leave Live Voicemails (everyone, contacts, or favorites).

Missed call insights: Even for missed calls, get transcribed snippets to identify important messages quickly.

Visual Voicemail integration: Transcriptions seamlessly complement audio recordings for added clarity. (Visual Voicemail is the built in feature on iPhones that shows all your emails in a chronological list, Phone > VoiceMail)

 

Step-by-Step Guide:

 Activate Live Voicemail:

Open Settings.

Navigate to Phone.

Toggle Live Voicemail on.

 Experience Real-time Previews:

If you miss the call or send it to voicemail, A text transcription of the voicemail appears on your lock screen.

 Respond As Needed:

Not interested? Let the voicemail finish.

Important message? Tap "Answer" or slide to unlock and join the call live.

 Customize & Enhance Privacy:

Go to Settings > Phone > Live Voicemail.

Under Silence Unknown Callers, choose who can leave Live Voicemails.

 Missed Call Insights:

In your Voicemail list, even missed calls with voicemails display transcribed snippets.

Quickly identify important messages without listening to the entire recording.

 Enjoy Visual Voicemail Integration:

Open the Phone app and tap Voicemail.

Transcriptions appear alongside audio recordings for a comprehensive overview.

 Compatibility:

 Live Voicemail is available on iPhones running iOS 10 or later.

Endnote: first time it happens to you is shocking. Imagine being in the middle of leaving voicemail, and it gets interrupted with the person saying “Hello”?