• Nate@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Modern voicemail isn’t done on device like it was with an answering machine. Instead of your machine picking up, your telecom provider does, so you’re no longer actually receiving a call, they are. Theoretically you could have it pick up a ring before your telecom does, but then you’d have 2 mailboxes and if you’re offline the call would go to your provider’s box.

    This is even the case for landlines nowadays. I had to setup a new phone for a lady and Comcast was snagging the call before her machine would. Had to change it to pickup before they did.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Thats not true at all. On a previous android phone I had a voice recorder app. It could also record the screen.

        • Wolf314159@startrek.website
          2·
          2 months ago

          “On a previous android phone”

          They’ve been incrementally locking down those features and options (or security holes) over the years. I’ve used Tasker almost from the very first android phone to automate tasks and watched those features it tied into slowly get stripped away or locked down to the point of being useless.