Set up your voicemail

Voicemail is set up on your phone automatically, and you can check your voicemail on your phone without any extra steps.

However, to check your voicemail from another phone, you need to turn on voicemail access from any phone and set a PIN.

Turn on voicemail access & set or change PIN

You can turn on voicemail access from any phone and set a PIN or change your current PIN from either the Google Fi app or website. Here’s how:

Google Fi app

1. Open the Google Fi app .
2. In the "Account" tab, under "Phone settings," tap Voicemail.
3. Turn on Call to listen.
4. Enter your PIN and tap Save.

Google Fi website

1. Open the Google Fi website.
2. On the left, click Settings  Voicemail.
3. Turn on Call to listen.
4. Enter your PIN and click Save.

Set or change your voicemail greeting

You can record a greeting of your own or change one you’ve already created.

Set your voicemail greeting

1. Open the Google Fi app .
2. In the "Account" tab, under "Phone settings," tap Voicemail  Manage greeting.
3. To record your own greeting, tap the Microphone . You can record up to 40 seconds.
4. If the app asks for permission to record audio, tap Allow.
5. Tap Keep to save your greeting or Redo to record it again.
6. Name your greeting and tap Save.

Set greeting

Change your voicemail greeting

On Android 6 (Marshmallow) and newer

1. Open the Google Fi app .
2. In the "Account" tab, under "Phone settings," tap Voicemail  Manage greeting.
3. Next to the voicemail you want to use, tap the Down arrow Set as active.

View a tutorial on how to record a new voicemail greeting on your Android.

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