The first time that you run Visual Voicemail on your Android device, you may be prompted to grant permission for the application to access information or use features from your device. Almost all applications need certain permissions to run on Android, and we use these permissions to run features in the Visual Voicemail application. Please note that the Android platform controls the way the permissions are named, but the naming does not necessarily reflect how Visual Voicemail uses them.
Below is a list of some of the permissions the Visual Voicemail application asks for and an example of how we use them. You can see the list of permissions the application uses by going to your phone’s Applications Manager.
● Phone — This permission allows Voicemail to send and manage phone calls.
● SMS — This permission allows Voicemail to send and view SMS messages.
● Storage — This permission allows Voicemail to access photos, media, and files on your device. For example, you can use the phone's storage to save (archive) voicemail messages.
● Microphone — This permission allows Voicemail to record audio using the microphone.
● Location — This permission allows Voicemail to provide advertisements that are relevant to your geographic location.
● Contacts — This permission allows Voicemail to access your contact list to display contact names and images (if available) in the Inbox folder and compose message screen.
Phone, SMS, and Storage are mandatory permissions. You must grant these permissions in order to use the Visual Voicemail application. Microphone, Location, and Contacts are optional permissions. If you deny any these optional permissions, some of the Visual Voicemail features will be disabled. Visual Voicemail will display a reminder message for this permission promptly.
To change the application permissions, go to Settings > Apps > Voicemail > Permissions on your device.