Turn Voice notifications on or off

Get notified about your text messages, missed calls, or voicemail.

Change your notifications

By default, you're notified when there's a new text message, missed call, or voicemail in the Google Voice app.

1. Open the Google Voice app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu   Settings.
3. Under Messages, Calls, or Voicemail, tap the notification setting:
   • Message notifications
   • Missed call notifications
   • Voicemail notifications
4. Tap On or Off.
5. If On, set the following options:
   • Importance—Tap, and then select the level of importance for notifications.
   • Sound—Tap, select a ringtone, and then tap Ok.
   • Vibrate—Turn on or off. Available if Importance is set to High or Urgent.
   • On the lock screen—Tap, and then select the notification content to show.
   • Show notification dot—Turn on or off.
   • Override Do Not Disturb—Turn on or off. Available if Importance is set to High or Urgent.

Get an email when you miss a call

1. Open the Voice app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu Settings.
3. Under Calls, turn on Get email alerts for missed calls.

Set a custom ringtone

Important: These steps work only on Android 8 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

You can set custom ringtones in Google Voice on Android devices.

To customize a ringtone in Google Voice:

1. Open the Google Voice app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu   Settings.
3. Under “Calls,” tap Incoming call notifications  Sound.
4. Browse the ringtone options. To listen to a ringtone, tap it.
5. When you find the ringtone you want to use, tap it. On some Android phones, to save the new ringtone, at the top right, tap Save.

Tip: This setting only applies to calls received through the Google Voice app. Calls to your device's phone number go through your mobile carrier and ring your device.