Message Playback

When you tap a message in the Inbox, the message appears in the playback screen. The playback screen displays the transcription (if you are subscribed to Premium service), the avatar (if this is an avatar message), the playback controls, and the action bar.

Voice Messages

If this is a voice message, the transcription appears in the message window along with the playback controls. To listen to the message, do one of the following:

●  To listen to it as a voice message, tap Play .

●  To listen to it as an avatar message, tap . The avatar message will open in a new window.

After you have listened to the message, you can do any of the following:

●  Tap Back on your device to return to the Inbox.

●  Swipe to listen to the next or previous message.

●  Respond using the actions in the action bar (call sender, share message, delete message, reply).

Avatar Messages

If this is an avatar message, the avatar appears in the message playback screen.

To play the message tap the avatar or tap the play button in the corner. The avatar message will open in a new window and start playing.

After you have listened to the message, tap x to close the window. Then you can do any of the following: 

●  Tap back on your device to return to the Inbox.

●  Swipe to listen to the next or previous message.

●  Respond using the actions in the action bar (call sender, share message, delete message, reply).

Action Bar

The playback screen action bar contains the following actions: 

●   — Call the sender.

●   — Share the message through Bluetooth, text, email, Visual Voicemail, or social network site.

Note: Avatar messages can only be shared with Facebook at this time.

●   — Delete the voicemail message.

●   — Reply with a text, voicemail, or Avatar message.

●   Overflow menu — Archive the message

Note: In order to share your messages to social network sites, you will need to have your messages transcribed using the Premium service with Voicemail-to-Text.