You can record a custom greeting for your voicemail or use the default greeting for Google Voice. Record up to 10 voicemail greetings and select the one that you want callers to hear.
Turn on your microphone
To record a new greeting, your browser has to let Google Voice use your computer's microphone.
| Browser | Instructions for accessing your microphone |
|---|---|
| Chrome Browser | See: Use your camera & microphone |
| Mozilla® Firefox® | See: Use the Microphone |
| Apple® Safari® | See: Change Website preferences in Safari on Mac |
Record a new greeting
When you use Chrome Browser or Firefox, you can record a greeting up to 3 minutes long. If you use Safari, recordings can only be one minute long. You cannot record a new greeting with Microsoft® Internet Explorer®. If you don't record a new greeting, callers hear the default greeting.
To record a new greeting:
Important: Voicemail recording doesn't work with Microsoft Internet Explorer, so callers hear the default greeting. You can personalize your greeting in the app or with a supported browser.
- On your computer, go to voice.google.com.
- At the top right, click Settings
.
- On the left, click Voicemail.
- In the Active greeting section, click Record a greeting.
- Click Record
.
- Record your greeting and then click Stop
.
- Choose what you want to do with the recording:
- To listen to the recording, click Play
.
- To replace the recording, click Redo.
- To save the recording, click Save. Enter a name for the new greeting and click Save.
- To listen to the recording, click Play
You can record a greeting up to 3 minutes long.
Change your greeting
To use a greeting that you already recorded or switch back to the default greeting:
- On your computer, go to voice.google.com.
- At the top right, click Settings
- On the left, click Voicemail.
- In the Active greeting section, click Manage all greetings.
- Next to the greeting that you want to use, click More
Set as active.
Set as active.