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Is there a way to enable speaker phone or at lease get louder sound while checking voicemail without plugging in ear pods?
iPhone XR, iOS 13
Hello ElrodinCincy,
Thanks for posting. As I understand it, you have a question about listening to voicemail.
To clarify, when you play a voicemail, are you not hearing anything at all? Have you tried turning up your volume while the voicemail is playing? Adjust the volume on iPhone
Regarding speakerphone, when you start playing a voicemail, you should see a Speaker icon on the right (next to the blue phone icon and the red trash icon). Tapping that should play your voicemail through the speaker.
I hope that answers your question.
Take care.
Hello ElrodinCincy,
Thanks for posting. As I understand it, you have a question about listening to voicemail.
To clarify, when you play a voicemail, are you not hearing anything at all? Have you tried turning up your volume while the voicemail is playing? Adjust the volume on iPhone
Regarding speakerphone, when you start playing a voicemail, you should see a Speaker icon on the right (next to the blue phone icon and the red trash icon). Tapping that should play your voicemail through the speaker.
I hope that answers your question.
Take care.
Solved now! Asked a friend and he showed me; when dialing voicemail, it faintly asked to enter code, but all I see is number pad and a tiny hash-tag ("hide"), so this is what I need to press, actually hides the keypad screen and reveals the speakerphone icon. So thanks, but best way to solve some of this stuff when your old is probably ask a kid I guess...
I think we all assumed you were using Visual Voicemail on the phone. Apparently you are calling your carrier’s voicemail server. Is Visual Voicemail not working on your phone, or does your carrier not support it? Or is it just that you would prefer not to use it?
Thanks for the response. I was informed that the XR doesn’t have speakerphone for listening to voicemail. I need to hold handset right up tight to good ear (and barely hear at full volume) or else use ear pods, or send it back for refund
Yes. It could be a consumer cellular thing or some type of software snafu but still no speaker icon visible anywhere at all to click on. Using iOS 13 I believe. It’s not a big deal but a little frustrating. Maybe someone from Apple can check it out but could still also be a Consumer Cellular issue somehow, as their support advised me no speakerphone was available for listening to voicemail when I called them about it today. Thank you though. I appreciate your assistance!
This is on an Xr with 13.3. You don’t see the icon in the circle?
My XR has a speakerphone option for listening to voicemail. Regardless of what you were informed of, have you actually tried by tapping on the speaker icon while playing back voicemails?
Can't hear voicemail unless earphone is plugged in. Why no speakerphone? Sound sucks (Iphone XR) for reviewing voicemail.
