New customer asking why voicemail is so antiquated?

[kmboisson]

With my old voicemail system the messages were on my phone and I just pressed play. Is there a way to bypass this system and use something on Android?

[acraftylady2]

Verizon has free visual voicemail mail or you can pay for premium.  You should have an icon that says voicemail.   If you bought an unlocked phone not all Verizon features are guaranteed to work.   Mary

https://www.verizon.com/support/visual-voice-mail-faqs/

[Ann154]

Also if you had purchased a Pixel phone, there is an option for a visual voicemail interface within the phone dialer application instead of a separate application.