Avatar Messages
Avatar messages are audio messages with an animated avatar and background that you choose. Use avatars to create and send a message that celebrates a birthday or achievement, makes an announcement, or says hello to a friend. It's up to you how you want to use avatar messages.
Sending an avatar message is simple. You record your message, select an avatar and background to animate the message, and send the message to your contacts. If your contacts have Visual Voicemail, they will receive the message in their Inbox. If they don't have Visual Voicemail, they'll receive a link to the message that they can view in a browser.
Enhance your messages by purchasing additional avatars and backgrounds. If you subscribe to Premium service, you also get the ability to use images from your photo gallery as backgrounds, and get extended message time, allowing you to record longer messages, up to two minutes long.
How do I create an avatar message?
1. In the Inbox, 
2. In the Compose Message screen, select an avatar and a background. For the avatar, tap the image or tap 
. For the background, tap the image or tap 
. Swipe the images ribbon to view the available avatars or backgrounds and select the one you want and then tap Done.
Note: You can purchase an avatar or background that has a sales tag 
attached to it. Tap the image and then tap Buy.
Note: Additionally, when you subscribe to Premium service, you can use images from your photo gallery as custom backgrounds.
3. Record your message. Tap Record 
, speak into your phone and then tap Stop 
to stop the recording.
● You can review your message before sending it. Tap 
.
● If you'd like to change the pitch of the recorded message, tap 
and then drag the slider to adjust the voice effect high or low. Or you can set it to Off to use the normal recorded voice.
● When you play back the message you can switch from speaker mode to handset mode. Tap 
.
4. Address and send the message. In the To: field, select a contact, or enter a phone number or valid email address. Tap 
to send the message.
The message will be sent to the recipient's Visual Voicemail inbox, or as a link in a text message or email message (if the recipient does not have Visual Voicemail).