Visual Voicemail
On iPhone, visual voicemail lets you see a list of your messages and choose which ones
to listen to or delete, without having to listen to instructions or prior messages.
Note: Visual voicemail may not be available in all countries or regions, or may be an
optional service. Contact your carrier for more information. If visual voicemail isn’t
available, tap Voicemail and follow the voice prompts to retrieve your messages.
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Setting Up Voicemail

The rst time you tap Voicemail, iPhone prompts you to create a voicemail password
and record your voicemail greeting.
Change your greeting:
1 Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Custom.
2 Tap Record when you’re ready to start.
3 When you nish, tap Stop. To review, tap Play.
To rerecord, repeat steps 2 and 3.
4 Tap Save.
Use your carrier’s default greeting Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Default.
Set an alert sound for new voicemail In Settings, choose Sounds and turn New Voicemail on. The
alert sounds once for each new voicemail. If the Ring/Silent
switch is o, iPhone won’t sound alerts.
Change the voicemail password In Settings, choose Phone > Change Voicemail Password.

Checking Voicemail

When you tap Phone, iPhone shows the number of missed calls and unheard
voicemail messages.
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