- Knowing how to set up your voicemail on google voice is a vital step in making it your primary phone service.
- You can set up voicemail voice on google voice using its mobile app or through a computer’s web browser.
- google voice allows you to create multiple voicemail greetings and set one as your active or default greeting.
- google voice it can notify you of new messages by email and text message if you prefer.
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google voice is a completely mobile internet-based phone line that can connect to multiple phone numbers, allowing you to stay in touch even if you change phones or have multiple phones for home and work.
google voice has been around since 2009, but google has been slow to update the service; In fact, it was only recently that Google added the ability to record voicemail messages within the app; before that, you had to do it in a browser.
Here’s what you need to know to set up your Google Voice mailbox.
how to set up voicemail in the google voice app on your phone
The google voice apps for android and iphone work almost exactly the same, so you can follow these steps to set up your voicemail no matter what kind of phone you have.
1. starts the google voice application.
2. Tap the three horizontal lines at the top left of the screen (sometimes called the hamburger menu) and then tap “settings”.
3. in the voicemail section, tap “voicemail greeting”.
4. tap “record a greeting”.
5. on the new greeting page, tap the green microphone and record your message. when you’re done, tap “stop”.
6. can play the greeting. if you like it, tap “save” and give it a name. then tap “save again”. you can tap “redo” to start over.
7. Your last recorded greeting will automatically become your new active greeting. To change the active greeting, tap the three dots to the right of your preferred recorded message and tap “set active”.
8. Finally, specify how you want to be notified about new voicemail messages. you can receive them by email (turn on the “receive voicemail by email” option), and you can also choose to receive messages by text message. To do this, tap “receive voicemail through messages” and then select which phones to send the text messages to.
how to set up voicemail in google voice using a web browser
If you prefer to use a computer, you can set up Google Voicemail in a web browser.
1. In a browser, go to the google voice web page. if necessary, sign in to your google account.
2. on the top right of the page, click “settings” and then on the left side of the page, click “voicemail”.
3. in the voicemail section, she taps “record greeting”.
4. on the new greeting page, tap the green microphone and record your message. when you’re done, tap “stop”.
5. can play the greeting. if you like it, tap “save” and give it a name. then tap “save” again. you can tap “redo” to start over.
6. Your last recorded greeting will automatically become your new active greeting. To change the active greeting, click “manage all greetings” and then click the three dots to the right of the recording you want to use and click “set active”.
7. You can also specify how you want to be notified about new voicemail messages. you can receive them by email (turn on the “receive voicemail by email” option), and you can also choose to receive messages by text message by selecting which phones to send the text messages to.