Visual Voicemail

[p3ntyne]

Hi Everyone,

I'm curious to know if there is any way I can access visual voicemail on my nexus 5 - would it be in the dialer, through a certain app etc. I was using it on my iPhone prior to getting the nexus 5 and really miss it.

Thanks.

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[npark2012]

Hi Everyone,

I'm curious to know if there is any way I can access visual voicemail on my nexus 5 - would it be in the dialer, through a certain app etc. I was using it on my iPhone prior to getting the nexus 5 and really miss it.

Thanks.

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What company are you with?

 

[Shilohcane]

This is AT&T https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...m.att.mobile.android.vvm&hl=en&token=ynTbUovO

T Mobile https://forums.androidcentral.com/e....tmobile.vvm.application&hl=en&token=3vi8iTrY

Metro PCS https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ails?id=com.metropcs.vvm&hl=en&token=m08GJASy

Verizon wants some extra money but they won't allow the Nexus 5 anyway. Visual Voice Mail - Verizon Wireless

I'm not sure what is going on with spint but there are others looking for it here. https://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/139816

 

[Shilohcane]

We can thank Patent Issues for all the issues with visual voicemail where this became an Network service provider App.

In August 2011, a patent was granted to Apple for "Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device"[2]

Klausner Technologies Inc. of Sagaponack, NY[3] claims a patent to Visual Voicemail, named *Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message*[4] and has brought dozens of lawsuits against Apple, Callware, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, MetroPCS, Digium, Schmooze Com Inc and others for patent violations.

Some of these cases have settled, but many defendants claim "prior art" or an "obvious" technological evolution, because non-sequential or random access to messages has been offered since at least 1993 by Wang, AT&T, Novell and other 3rd parties.[5]

 

[npark2012]

I'm not entirely sure if it's just with me but if you're on tmobile it seems the visual voicemail for Nexus 5 is not yet compatible.

 

[jtb79]

The AT&T app isn't compatible...

 

[p3ntyne]

Thanks for all your help! Since I am in Australia I was mostly wondering if there was a way to get it in the dialer or from a universal app - it doesn't seem that I can get it then...

 

[flick0416]

To the OP, no, there's no visual voicemail built into the OS. The only way you can get it on your phone is through apps. As you've seen from this thread already, there are carrier-specific apps (not sure if your specific carrier in Australia will have an app), but there are alternatives too. I used HulloMail for a while, and that was a decent app. Currently using Visual Voicemail Plus - it has more features than Hullo, though an inferior UI, in my opinion. From what I've looked at, those two are the best free options out there.

 

[p3ntyne]

To the OP, no, there's no visual voicemail built into the OS. The only way you can get it on your phone is through apps. As you've seen from this thread already, there are carrier-specific apps (not sure if your specific carrier in Australia will have an app), but there are alternatives too. I used HulloMail for a while, and that was a decent app. Currently using Visual Voicemail Plus - it has more features than Hullo, though an inferior UI, in my opinion. From what I've looked at, those two are the best free options out there.

Thanks! My carrier doesn't have an app but I will definitely try out those two.

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[raysgrumpy]

T-Mobile visual voicemail isn't compatible with the Nexus 5. I'm not sure what is taking them so long..

 

[only1canoli]

I'm on T-Mobile and visual voicemail works on my 5!

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[patruns]

This is AT&T https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...m.att.mobile.android.vvm&hl=en&token=ivlBtUrm

T Mobile https://forums.androidcentral.com/e....tmobile.vvm.application&hl=en&token=8sko9kLX

Metro PCS https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ails?id=com.metropcs.vvm&hl=en&token=FHCOImmu

Verizon wants some extra money but they won't allow the Nexus 5 anyway. Visual Voice Mail - Verizon Wireless

I'm not sure what is going on with spint but there are others looking for it here. https://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/139816

All of those in the Play Store are incompatible with the Nexus 5.

 

[Ess_78201]

I'm on T-Mobile and visual voicemail works on my 5!

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How so? The link says it's incompatible still.

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[only1canoli]

No idea, works fine for me. App Version is 3.5.2.1


Looks like I have a old version.


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[only1canoli]

Here is another post

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/336979-t-mobile-visual-voicemail.html

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[gidgiddonihah]

I use Google Voice. Go to their website and follow their instructions in Settings.

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[Aquila]

Strongly second the Google Voice recommendation. I've been using it for a couple years now and getting your voicemails e-mailed to you is pretty awesome. I don't ever call a number to read voicemails or require a separate app, and currently, that's all I use Google Voice for. It just hangs out and requires no interaction from me and I get an e-mail and a notification on device when I get a voicemail, with the transcript.

 

[flick0416]

Strongly second the Google Voice recommendation. I've been using it for a couple years now and getting your voicemails e-mailed to you is pretty awesome. I don't ever call a number to read voicemails or require a separate app, and currently, that's all I use Google Voice for. It just hangs out and requires no interaction from me and I get an e-mail and a notification on device when I get a voicemail, with the transcript.

Does this require a second phone number or porting or anything? Or does it work with your existing number, provided by your carrier?

I've known Google Voice is out there, but it just seems complicated to me.

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[Aquila]

Does this require a second phone number or porting or anything? Or does it work with your existing number, provided by your carrier?

I've known Google Voice is out there, but it just seems complicated to me.

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I think that you have to get a Google number and forward your voicemail to it, but you do not have to port your number and it does work with your carrier number. For example, I have verizon, if you call my Verizon number or Google number, my phone rings, but if you go to voicemail, both numbers send you to my Google voicemail box and it is transparent to me which one you called. It took a little effort to set up, but it is not too difficult at all.

 

[drewpydog]

ATT visual voicemail app works just fine on my N5.

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