These invaluable voicemails deserve a backup.

If you’re an Android user, you have more than one way to save precious voicemails.

Can You Save Voicemails From a Cellular Carrier to an Android Phone?

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Yes, you could!

Smaller US phone carriers may offer similar visual voicemail apps, but your mileage will vary.

That’s easy enough if you’re happy with your carrier’s visual voicemail app.

The screen for T-Mobile Visual Voicemail

But what if you want to use the default Voicemail feature in the Phone app?

Well, it’s possible to save voicemails on Android via this route, too.

It’s no wonder some people may not want to steer away from Android’s default voicemail option.

The Save Messages To option in T-Mobile Visual Voicemail

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This will download the voicemail to your Android rig’s internal storage.

An SD card is a solid choice to store your voicemails.

Let’s look at how to do that next.

Saving a voicemail in T-Mobile Visual Voicemail

Your voicemail file should be in an AMR file format.

That’s fine if you plan to play the voicemail on your Android phone or Windows PC.

In that case, you better convert it to a universally accepted audio file format, like MP3.

The Voicemail screen in the Android Phone app

Thus, our needs for saving those most precious voicemail messages differ.

In the end, that is what matters most.

Sharing a voicemail file to Google Drive in Files by Google

Saving a voicemail to Google Drive

Download a voicemail file in Google Drive

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Voicemail listing in Files by Google app

Moving a voicemail file in Files by Google

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