Visual voice mail comes to the Voyager

The LG Voyager gets visual voice mail.

(Credit: Verizon Wireless)

The Apple iPhone was the first to get it, then the Samsung Instinct, and now it's the LG Voyager's turn to get visual voice mail. Yes, as of Friday, all LG Voyager customers can get a free download to their phone that will add visual voice mail capability.

As with the other visual voice mail systems, the Voyager's version will allow customers to listen to voice mail messages in any order; plus you'll have the ability to erase and archive messages directly from the Voyager's touch-screen interface. You will also be able to access the voice mail with a single button, and get instant playback.

Verizon customers can send each other voice mail messages.

(Credit: Verizon Wireless)

Each voice mail will have details, like the number or name of the caller, the day, date, and time of the message, the message length, and when the message will expire. You can then also choose to call back or text the contact. You can even choose to send a voice mail back to the person, as long as he or she is a Verizon Wireless customer.

If you want this new visual voice mail feature, you'll have to go to Messaging on your handset, select the Visual Voice Mail link, launch it, enter your voice mail password, and then follow the prompts to subscribe to visual voice mail (it's a free subscription). Existing Voyager customers can bring their device to a local Verizon store to get the upgrade, or you can download it directly by visiting this page. Here's hoping that Verizon adds this visual voice mail feature to other phones in its lineup.

Update: Apparently Verizon took down the download page, and as of 4:27 pm PDT Friday, we're not able to find the application by searching through the directory. However, I did find this cached page, which might work. We'll check back to see if the download page emerges again.

[t26l]

As of 5:32, the App is no longer online. Any news on how to get it?
Also, would the App cost any money to use or a Data plan?

Maybe it has already been archived by someone...

[Rda990]

YOU LIAR!!!! (jK) BTW link broken and umm yeah............

[harlem_chocolate]

It was up this morning tried to download from 3 different computers, theres more reports of link failure on phonescoop.com. i dont expect vzw to charge extra its the least they can do for retarding our phones with their hopeless menu system. the page itself was up earlier today but it looks like they jumped the gun. If is sounds too good to be true from vzw it usually always is sadly.

[AppleSuxLeo]

You mean Mr Whipple DID NOT invent VV ? OMG...more Apple lies.

[donjb]

So Verizon says this feature will not release until later this month and for existing phones you must go in to the store to get a software upgrade at that time and the app installed.
Sounds like this article jumped the gun.

[islandgirl45cv]

When Verizon releases this feature for real, will it be supported on the LG Dare?

[Dakota Branson]

Is the new voyager going to be silver or something? because it says Lg Voyager SILVER on it so ya....

[CHADSWORLD]

*sigh* I'm sure verizon will charge a monthly fee for this. As much as I love verizon service, they sure know how to nickle and dime their customers for absolutely everything.

[InsomniacInc]

any chance of this coming to the dare?

[k08lpfan]

Hasn't Verizon already had this feature with the Glyde? I had that phone for a few das before exchanging it for the Voyager and I thought it had visual voicemail

[atkpitt12]

This service is NOT free. I tried to d/l the program on monday and found that it has been completely taken off the Verizon Site. I called Verizon, the service will be made available this Friday the 8th but it will cost $2.99 for 40 messages. It seems that every time you do anything with a message it counts as one of the 40. So listening, deleting, and sending voicemails are counted as part of that 40.

[k08lpfan]

If you tried downloading the VM through that cached page, there was no subscription price though

[atkpitt12]

Yeah, it appears as though that was an error. I have a voyager and it would not allow me to download the application at all through the cached page.

[atkpitt12]

The page is back up and you can now officially download the visual voicemail for 2.99 monthly subscription.