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Android Native Visual Voicemail Trouble
I'm using a Pixel2XL on T-Mobile and the native Visual Voicemail (built into the Google Phone app) will not activate. The VM tab does show, and I have the option checked in the menu settings for ...
UPDATED 7/13/2021:
For folks wondering if their Native VVM app will work on T-Mobile’s network, here’s some helpful info. The native VVM app on Non-T-Mobile devices isn’t something T-Mobile can guarantee will work with the VVM service. This goes for other native apps as well. We recommend folks download T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app I’ve linked below and use the VVM service through that app. The second link I posted below is for troubleshooting if you happen to run into any issues.
We have a couple articles that can help with this. Check out the two links below in relationship to the issue.
I'm in the same boat. SIM works fine in the Pixel 2, but the Pixel 3 won't activate at all. It's definitely a config issue on TMo's end that they can't or won't fix. I've opened multiple tickets and spoken with several support people, even having the issue "escalated to the engineers" a few times, too. Still no change at all, and every person I talk to acts like they've never heard of this issue. I've even referenced this thread in my calls. At this point, it's a waiting game. Wait for them to fix it, or wait until I can reconcile switching providers (again) to someone that doesn't have this issue.
