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Unable to Activate Visual Voicemail in the Android Phone App


I migrated a Pixel 4a and a Pixel 7 to Koodo on May 8th.  I added Premium Voicemnail as a feature following https://www.koodomobile.com/en/help/visual-voicemail and successfully tested it - I get voicemails delivered as audio files via MMS.  However, I cannot  access the list of voicemails that should be available via the Android Phone app under Voicemail 

On both devices, I get “Can’t activate visual voicemail”.   If I click on “Retry”, I get "Activating visual voicemail" with something about Syncing and then get “Can’t activate ...” again.  Under Phone / Settings / Voicemail,  “Change PIN” is greyed out because “Visual voicemail is not activated yet, please try again later.”  I have tried clearing the Phone cache without success.  

Are there special requirements for this Android Phone feature?    I can clear the messages by calling the Voicemail number but it would be great to manage voicemails via the Android Phone app.

Best answer by Dennis

Premium voicemail is not visual voicemail.  It is an expanded voicemail inbox plus Instant Voicemail

https://www.koodomobile.com/en/pickyourperk

https://www.koodomobile.com/en/help/voicemail

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  • Mobile Master
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  • June 3, 2024

Premium voicemail is not visual voicemail.  It is an expanded voicemail inbox plus Instant Voicemail

https://www.koodomobile.com/en/pickyourperk

https://www.koodomobile.com/en/help/voicemail


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  • Mobile Master
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  • June 3, 2024

To add to @Dennis if you’re looking to add visual voicemail to your account you can do so by following the steps here:

https://www.koodomobile.com/en/help/visual-voicemail


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  • June 3, 2024

Thanks for the clarification - I need to read more carefully.