Start Using Live Voicemail

Apple added some handy features to the Phone app in iOS 17, including Live Voicemail, which is a great way to read a voicemail instead of listening to it. 

With this feature, your iPhone will create a live transcript of a voicemail someone is leaving for you. You can view this while they’re still speaking to decide if you want to answer the call or access it later from the standard voicemail screen in the Phone app.

Live Voicemail should be enabled on your iPhone by default, but here’s how to make sure:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Apps.
3. Scroll down again, and go to the Phone app.
4. One more time, scroll down to the bottom and go to Live Voicemail.
5. Turn on Live Voicemail.

Now, you can go ahead and try it out for yourself. Even if you don’t listen to it in real-time, you can still access your voicemails and their transcriptions from the Phone app.