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How to set up your voicemail and business phone with OpenPhone

It only takes three steps to get started with a business phone number in OpenPhone.

  • Start a free trial in OpenPhone and choose your preferred local US, Canadian, or North American toll-free number.
  • Launch the OpenPhone web, desktop, or mobile app.
  • Customize your voicemail and add other phone numbers in settings. Then set a custom voicemail greeting and voicemail options for during business hours.

That’s it! You’re ready to receive incoming calls and voicemail messages with OpenPhone.

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How using business voicemail in OpenPhone can help your team grow faster

Save hours sorting through voicemail recordings and easily prioritize which customers to call back with OpenPhone.

1. Review messages faster with voicemail transcripts

Get the context you need faster with voicemail transcripts. Access voicemail to text transcripts in OpenPhone right after a caller leaves a voicemail.

2. Loop key teammates into any conversation

Collaborate with your colleagues and assign follow-up tasks next to your business calls, texts, and voicemails using internal threads. Reduce confusion and give teammates

3. Share texts and voicemails with your team in email or Slack

Need to share customer texts or voicemails with external team members? Connect OpenPhone’s virtual voicemail features with your email or Slack workspace, and your team will be notified every time you receive a voicemail.

4. Set the right expectations with a custom voicemail greeting

Let customers know what to expect when they can’t reach you. Create custom greetings for your voicemail and automate customer communication with auto-reply text messages to provide clear next steps for callers.

5. Add new contacts from automatic suggestions

Save even more time for your team with automatic contact creation. OpenPhone can automatically suggest new contacts for your address book based on voicemails and call recordings from unknown numbers with AI contact suggestions (available only on the Business plan).

More than a business voicemail system

Here's why thousands of small businesses choose OpenPhone

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Get a phone number for every department

Add numbers as your business grows. Each team member can choose from a local US and Canadian number or a North American toll-free number when they join your workspace. Plus, departments can share a number among multiple team members.

Need even more numbers? Additional numbers cost $5 per number per month. 

Effortlessly manage incoming calls

Use phone menus (also known as an auto attendant) to capture incoming calls and guide your customers to the right team member. Then pick up every customer call by simultaneously ringing available teammates.

If your team is occupied during high call volume periods, use backup call routing flows that take care of your customers. Set up a custom voicemail or auto-reply SMS to manage expectations for what’s next, or use call forwarding to send them to an after-hours answering service.

Improve team collaboration

Give everyone on your team visibility into what the team is working on with OpenPhone’s cloud-based phone system. 

Reduce silos by making all your customer communications visible with shared numbers. Use internal threads to answer questions and assign tasks directly on a message, phone call, or voicemail. AI call summaries and transcripts quickly get you up to speed so you can jump in where needed.

Reduce repetitive admin work

Focus more on customer relationships and less on admin tasks. Send common answers to questions in seconds with text templates. Update your contact data automatically with OpenPhone’s CRM integrations.

Use Zapier automated text flows to nurture contacts even when you’re not available. If you need automation suggestions, check out these Zapier examples.

A business phone system that moves with you

Unlock true remote collaboration with OpenPhone’s desktop and mobile apps — no equipment or landline required. Your team can enjoy free calling to the US and Canada from their preferred devices, and all communications will sync back to our VoIP phone system with our desktop, mobile, and browser apps.

"OpenPhone has been absolutely spectacular. I am running phone numbers for several businesses through one easy-to-use app. Excellent pricing with intuitive functionality and fantastic features easily make OpenPhone one of my favorite business tools ever."

Heston Williams

Founder, Flybox.io
No hidden fees

Find out how much you’re investing in your business phone solution upfront on our pricing page.

Frequently asked questions

Can’t find the answer here? Check out our Help Center.

Can I listen to virtual voicemails with OpenPhone?
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Yes, you can. OpenPhone is a virtual voicemail provider, which means voicemails that come through our phone system are hosted on the cloud. You can access your voicemails from anywhere.

How do I forward voicemails to email?
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Follow these six steps to forward your voicemail to email.

  1. Click Settings from the left-hand menu in the OpenPhone web or Mac app.
  2. Under Workspace, click Phone Numbers.
  3. Select the OpenPhone number you’d like to receive email notifications for.
  4. From your phone number’s settings, scroll to Integrations and click Connect to your email.
  5. By default, the email already listed on your OpenPhone account will receive voicemail updates. If you want to change the email you receive voicemails to, remove the default email address or add additional recipients.
  6. Modify what events you’ll be notified about via email. You can toggle on and off options to be notified about voicemails, text messages (SMS and MMS), and missed calls.
Can I download voice messages?
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Yes, you can download voice messages from your OpenPhone account. Here’s how:

  1. Go to the voicemail you want to download. Select the three-dot icon at the bottom right of the voicemail.
  2. Click Download.
  3. You’re done! An .mp3 audio file will download to your device.
How do I set up a professional business voicemail?
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You can create a professional business voicemail using our business voicemail generator. Simply type in your voicemail message. We’ll automatically generate a voicemail, which you can download and then upload to your voicemail greeting settings in OpenPhone.

What standard voicemail template can I use?
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If you don’t know what to say in your voicemail greeting, here’s a template you can use:

“Hi! Thanks for calling [company name/your name]. We’re sorry we can’t take your call right now. Please leave a brief message with your contact information, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Have a great day!”

Need a bit more inspiration? Check out these 27 professional voicemail greeting examples.

How do I record a professional voicemail greeting from my phone?
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To record a voicemail greeting on your iPhone, follow these steps from Apple Support:

  1. Go to the Phone app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Voicemail, then tap Set Up Now.
  3. Create a voicemail password.
  4. Choose a greeting — Default or Custom; if you choose Custom, you can record a new greeting.

To record a voicemail greeting on your Android phone, follow these steps:

  1. Open your Phone app.
  2. Press and hold ‘1’ on the keypad to dial your voicemail service.
  3. Press 2 to choose to record a greeting.
  4. Record your greeting after the tone that follows. Press the ‘#’ key to stop recording.
  5. Save your recording by pressing ‘1’ or record another one by pressing ‘2’.

You can also use the OpenPhone iOS app to record your voicemail greeting:

  1. Launch the OpenPhone app on your mobile device.
  2. Tap on your account in the top left corner.
  3. Tap on Manage next to your phone numbers.
  4. Tap on the OpenPhone number you'd like to change the voicemail for.
  5. Tap Voicemail Greeting.
  6. Record your new custom greeting for your business or upload an MP3 file.
  7. Select the new recording as your voicemail greeting. The selected one will have a purple check mark ✔︎ beside it.
  8. That's it! You’re ready to go.
What features should you look for in a business voicemail service?
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If you operate a small business, make sure to choose a system with voicemail features like custom voicemail greetings, voicemail transcription, and email and Slack integrations to share voicemails with your whole team.

Don’t forget to look for a comprehensive business phone platform that goes beyond just voicemail features. One system for all your business communication needs will save you money in the long run because you don’t have to pay for separate platforms. 

Prioritize features like shared numbers, call routing, call handling, free calls and texts in the US and Canada, and messaging automations like auto-replies and scheduled texts.

Will OpenPhone notify me when I receive a new message to my voicemail?
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Yes, you’ll be notified when you receive new messages in OpenPhone. Choose when you’d like to be notified by customizing your work schedule in your OpenPhone settings.

How many voicemails can OpenPhone store, and for how long?
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OpenPhone has unlimited storage for all your voicemails in your workspace for as long as your account is active.

If you cancel your subscription, we can only guarantee the data associated with your number for up to 14 days. If you’d like to request a copy of your message and call logs, please review our data export policy.

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