Instead of recording voicemail, callers may hear background audio from the recipient's phone.

Have you ever received a voicemail that was so funny, important, or interesting that you wanted to share it with someone else? Maybe it was a hilarious prank call, a sweet message from a loved one, or ...

Apple's new iOS17 has a lot of useful features, like live voicemail. But scammers are finding uses for the tool. Live voicemail is like screening calls on the answering machine you probably had 30 ...

An unusual bug with Google Pixel's Take a Message feature may allow callers hear you while they try to record a voicemail.

Your iPhone might go straight to voicemail for a number of reasons, including your Do Not Disturb settings or several other issues with your phone. There are a few troubleshooting methods to try if ...

If your visual voicemail is not working on your iPhone or Android, there are a number of easy troubleshooting steps you can try. Make sure your voicemail service is online by dialing it manually. You ...

Rob Lohry at his home. (GeekWire Photo/Annie Laurie Malarkey) Early last summer, Rob Lohry’s mom Patricia called his cell phone and left a message, asking him to come down to Portland from Seattle for ...

Voicemail is such an essential feature, but many people don’t have it set up simply because they don’t think about it. Allowing people to leave a voicemail can make things more convenient, though.

Nowhere is it more clear that technology has transformed the basics of business etiquette than in the realm of communication. I've written before about the many unwritten rules of email decorum, for ...

Coca-Cola recently yanked the plug on its voicemail systems, replacing the usual inbox greeting with a pre-recorded message that advises the caller to find an “alternative method” of reaching out, ...

Who would have thought that, in the end, it would be the humble voicemail that would do us all in? Your Google, Microsoft, Apple, WhatsApp, and even Signal accounts all have an Achilles' heel — the ...