How to configure the answering machine on your phone?

One of the questions that we can ask ourselves is how to configure the answering machine of our iPhone and the answer is very simple since this in most cases depends on our telephone operator.

Yes, more than a function of the telephone itself, it is a function that companies offer to their customers and in this case it would simply be enough to call the operator and request the activation of what we know as "voicemail" and ready. It is important that, obviously, we have a telephone with an answering machine.

But today we want to go one step further and let's see how we can even automatically answer calls on our iPhone or activate visual voicemail service that the Cupertino firm adds on the iPhone.

So let's go in parts and start with the option to automatically answer calls from the iPhone, which is the closest thing to having an answering machine but without the need to contact the operator shift.

How to automatically answer incoming calls

In this case, it is an option that is quite hidden and it is found within the Accessibility section. For this, what we have to do is the following:

• We access the settings of our iPhone
• We enter Accessibility and then Touch
• Click on Audio Addressing and select to respond automatically
• We configure the time we want until we want the call to go off-hook and now

With this, what we are going to achieve is that incoming calls are answered fully automatically in the time that we have added. This feature can be useful for some situations where answering the phone can be a difficult task.

Set up visual voicemail

In this case, it is necessary to have the support of the operator and in our country, most of them allow this function, so in principle you should not have problems activating it. In any case you can consult right here if your operator allows this type of visual voicemail on your iPhone. 

At the moment that we have it active by the operator We can now continue with the activation of this, which is very simple:

1. We access the Settings and there I enter Phone and, then, we press the Voicemail tab.
2. Press Configure Now
3. We create a password for the voicemail and click on OK
4. We confirm it and click OK again
5. We select Custom or Default. If you select Custom, you can record a new greeting

And ready. With this we can already have the voicemail active. A few years ago users used all kinds of messages for voice mailboxes and some even added songs to the waiting tones before picking up the call. Like everything in this world, fashions come and go but in this case it is not about going back in time but about knowing that these types of configurations are possible on any phone and on an iPhone too.

Operators do not usually have problems when activating these voice mailboxes or call diversions and today the options we have are many. For example, in current iPhones you can also configure that your phone number goes hidden directly from its settings, it is not necessary to put any asterisk or hash at the time of making the call. By simply accessing the Phone settings, an option called com "Show caller ID" and with it deactivated we can even secretly call any number, no need to add anything else.