Till now, iPhone customers on Google Fi had to make use of the separate Fi app to verify voicemails. This typically led to confusion, since voicemail alerts might present up in each the Fi and iOS Telephone apps. With this replace, voicemail will solely seem within the Telephone app, the place customers can play, share, and delete messages similar to they’d with most different carriers.
Visible voicemail is a regular characteristic for many carriers on iPhone, so this replace helps carry Google Fi nearer to what different companies already supply. It additionally reduces the necessity to juggle between a number of apps simply to verify voicemail.
The replace follows just a few different current enhancements for Fi customers. Google has already made it simpler to arrange Fi on iPhones, added assist for worldwide 5G in over 90 nations with choose plans, and launched data-only eSIMs for tablets.
Earlier this yr Google Fi rolled out the flexibility to attach a pill with a data-only eSIM. | Picture credit score — Google
For a lot of iPhone customers on Google Fi, this alteration will possible make managing voicemail extra easy. As a substitute of switching between apps, all voicemail options will now be situated in a single place — the identical app used to make and obtain calls. Nonetheless, it is vital to recollect the August 13 deadline, as anybody with saved voicemails within the Fi app ought to take motion earlier than then to keep away from dropping them.
This replace could appear small, however it improves the general expertise for iPhone customers on Google Fi. In my view, preserving voicemail in a single place makes the method extra handy and higher aligned with what customers anticipate from a contemporary cellular service.
