How To Set Up Google Fi Voicemail

Activate your Google Fi service

You must activate and apply Google Fi in the United states (territories not included). After that, you can use Fi service internationally. We grant exceptions to military and State Department employees who serve abroad.

If you buy a Fi telephone when yous sign upwards for Google Fi, follow the steps below to actuate your Google Fi service.

Bringing your ain Fi telephone? Follow these steps to actuate service on a Fi phone that you already own.

Activating a data only SIM? Follow these steps.

Joining a group plan? If someone invites you to join their group, you'll get an electronic mail with information on how to take.

Before you get started

Transferring your number? Read the guide to transfer your number to make sure the transfer goes smoothly. Most transfers take less than 15 minutes but some can take upwardly to 24 hours. Google Voice and landlines can take a few business organisation days.

Plug in your telephone

Keep your plugged in until you're done with the setup.
Fully charge the battery as soon as yous get a gamble.

Connect to a Wi-Fi network

For the best setup experience, yous'll want access to a Wi-Fi network.

Switching from iPhone? Turn off iMessage to get texts

iMessage is an Apple messaging service that allows messages to be sent between Apple tree devices.
Before you tin can get texts on your new device, turn iMessage off on your Apple devices. Otherwise, text messages might go there instead and y'all won't see them.
For any group texts you were a role of, yous'll accept to create new threads on your new device and include all participants. You won't receive new messages from existing iMessage group threads once you make the switch.

Step 1: Set upward your phone

View a tutorial on how to activate Google Fi on an Android phone.

Insert your SIM card

Insert your SIM card. If you have a Pixel ii and upwardly, you can skip this stride and plough on your phone. If you lot use a dual SIM device, apply the primary SIM slot.

Plough on your phone & follow on-screen steps

Open the Google Fi app to complete your activation.
Make sure to sign in with the Google Account (e.g. Gmail) that you used when signing up for Google Fi.
You may be asked to install an update. Your phone will install the update, restart, and so you can go on setting up your phone.
You'll showtime your number transfer as function of the on-screen prepare. If you lot want a new number, you lot'll get information technology when you lot actuate. You can e'er observe your number in the Account tab of the Fi app or website.

Check that the Messages and Google Fi apps are up-to-date

To apply Google Fi's features, you demand the latest version of the apps below. Click on the link and so select Update. If you don't see anUpdate button, your app is upwardly to date.

In general, we recommend keeping all of your phone's apps upwardly to date. Learn how to update apps individually or set up apps to update automatically.

Gear up up your voicemail

Footstep 2: Brand sure everything is up and running

Test calls, texts, and data

Make a phone call.
Send a text.
Exam your information. Plough off Wi-Fi and make sure your data is working.

Go along in listen that if you just transferred your number to Google Fi, there might be a delay of upward to 24 hours before you tin can send or receive text messages.

If any of these features aren't working, 24 hours later yous started your activation, restart your telephone (make certain you lot're in the The states). If these features nevertheless don't work, contact a Google Fi expert.

Keep an eye out for these of import features

There are a few features that will work automatically behind the scenes to ameliorate your Google Fi experience.

Calls over Wi-Fi:Wi-Fi calling expands your coverage in places where the cellular network isn't equally strong. You'll see Wireless when it's in action. Learn how to make Wi-Fi calls.
Alerts for information usage: You'll get alerts from Google Fi when you lot close to or hitting your monthly data budget.