Here is a brief guide on how to set up voicemail on your iPhone. You will also learn how to record and listen to voicemail, manage voicemail notifications, and change the voicemail password.

Voicemail allows a caller to leave a voice message in case you cannot receive a phone call. Often, you may be busy and cannot receive a call, so voicemail comes in handy in such cases.

How to Set Up Voicemail on iPhone?

Let us begin with setting up voicemail on the iPhone.

  1. Launch the Phone app.
  2. Tap on the option Voicemail at the bottom of the page.
  3. Tap on Set Up Now .
  4. Set a voicemail password.
  5. You can also set a default or custom greeting.

When a caller cannot reach you via voice call, they will be redirected to voicemail and greeted by your custom greeting message. Then, the caller will record the voice message and leave it for you.

1. How to Manage Voicemail Notifications?

Now, we will see how to manage notifications for iPhone voicemails . When a new voicemail appears, the Phone app icon will have a notification badge.

  1. Launch the Phone app.
  2. On the Voicemail tab, you will see the number of notifications. These denote the voice messages that you have not responded to yet.

2. How to Set Notification Alerts and Vibration for Voicemails?

If you want to set up a sound vibration alert for incoming voicemail, follow these steps on your Apple iPhone.

  1. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics .
  2. Navigate to Sounds and Vibration Patterns .
  3. Under that tap on New Voicemail .
  4. Select any of the Alert Tones or set any ringtone from the preset tones.
  5. Inside New Voicemail, tap on Vibration to set a vibration pattern for incoming voicemail notifications.

3. How to Listen to Exisitng Voicemail on the iPhone?

If you want to check the new or existing voicemails on your iPhone here is how to access it.

  1. Launch the Phone app.
  2. Tap on the Voicemail tab.
  3. You will see the list of voice messages and a play button. Tap the play button to preview the message.

If your telecom service provides support for the Voicemail Transcription feature, you will see the voice message with closed captions for clairity in understanding.

The voice message has a phone call icon beside it. You can tap to initiate the phone call to the sender. If you want to delete the voice message, tap the trash icon .

There is a share option at the top -right corner, which you can tap to share the voice message. To learn details regarding the voice message and its sender, you can tap on the info button designated by ‘i’ button.

4. How to Set a Voicemail Greeting for a Caller?

Here is how to set a voicemail greeting on your iPhone for the caller.

  1. Launch the Phone app
  2. Tap on the Voicemail tab.
  3. Now, tap on Greeting in the upper left corner.
  4. To set up a custom greeting, tap on Custom > Tap on the Record button .
  5. Speak the greeting message for the caller.
  6. Once you are done recording the voicemail greeting, tap on the Stop button.
  7. To save the greeting message, tap on Save .

5. How to Change the Voicemail Password on an iPhone?

If you want to change your voicemail password, follow the steps below.

  1. Tap on the Settings app > Navigate to Phone , and tap on it.
  2. Now, tap on Change Voicemail Password .
  3. Set the new password , and to save it, tap on Done .

Wrapping Up

You cannot afford to miss important messages from your contacts. If you cannot attend to calls, voice messages will convey the word from your contacts, which you can check at your convenience. That’s all about how to set up voicemail on your iPhone. I hope this guide was informative.