How does my phone know I have a voicemail?

Sounds like they talk to each other. People keep telling me that it’s the 21st century now, and maybe it is.

It’s scary to me. The Singularity is coming. It’s actually very useful though.

That’s just the ringularity.

For real, there will be a Stutter tone when you lift the phone off the cradle.

Cradle?

~ ~ ~ Like my phone, @Dutchess_III

This is a Cradle Phone.

LOL! I KNOW what a phone cradle is! It’s that thing you SLAM the receiver down on when you angrily hang up on someone. I hardly know of anyone who has a landline phone any more,though. Rick’s dad. But he’s 96.

I think if we ask, @JLeslie is talking about a landline phone.

@Dutchess_III Since she used the term “home phone” in her OP it is reasonable to assume she is talking about a landline.

Yes, a landline.

I have a stutter tone when there are messages.

About 5 months ago I bought this new phone with caller ID and an answering machine built in. I’m very happy with it, I had my old phones from 20+ years ago before that.

The phone answering machine is set to answer before it goes into the carrier voicemail, which it does. But, if a second call comes in it goes into the carrier voicemail. Somehow the phone knew about the voicemail.

It’s weird.