Visual Voicemail

[ILowry82]

Does the 5T have visual voicemail built into the dialer like Pixel phones?

 

[newcollector]

Does the 5T have visual voicemail built into the dialer like Pixel phones?

Never even thought about this. I am on AT&T so I activated with their Sim and since I already had visual voicemail, this app transferred over when I did the device switch.

 

[dashauns]

It sure does, I'm using it on T-Mobile now, but I'm sure it works differently from carrier to carrier.

 

[Morty2264]

Visual voicemail sounds cool! What does that mean, exactly?

 

[newcollector]

Visual voicemail sounds cool! What does that mean, exactly?

It is a recording of a call you missed when someone leaves you a message. You can retrieve and listen to it through visual voicemail. Don't get too excited. It isn't like the name sounds. You don't get a visual recording. Just voice.

 

[Morty2264]

It is a recording of a call you missed when someone leaves you a message. You can retrieve and listen to it through visual voicemail. Don't get too excited. It isn't like the name sounds. You don't get a visual recording. Just voice.

Ahhh okay, I see. Thanks for explaining that!

 

[PGrey]

It is a recording of a call you missed when someone leaves you a message. You can retrieve and listen to it through visual voicemail. Don't get too excited. It isn't like the name sounds. You don't get a visual recording. Just voice.

Sort of.
I forward to GVoice, and can get actual (fairly accurate) visual-translated text, from voice-mail.
The Windows phones had this for a long time, so when I moved to Android last year, I did some digging, and this seemed to be the best "carrier agnostic" visual-voicemail solution.

I have probably actually listened to the audio of maybe 2-3 messages/year, for maybe 6-7 years now.

I'm on AT&T too, and they have an app which *should* do the same, although it doesn't quite get the awesome reviews, that my other method almost-always does. Plus, it gives me a way to call via LTE/WiFi, since I have a separate GVoice number (you have to get one, to forward to, to get the visual part).
This is a pretty good summation:
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-set-up-Google-Voice-as-a-voicemail-for-my-cell-number

I have a trigger too, so I get a text with the translated message, particularly hand(ier), since most people already have their text app up.