Tried your suggestion being I hadn't tried it in a while. It doesn't work. 
Starting play again after removing the phone from my ear still sends the 
voicemail to play from the ear piece. There is a playback destination button 
which seems to do nothing. 

Donna

> 
> 
> Actually, you can.  When it starts playing though the ear piece, just pull 
> the phone away from your head and the voice mail will stop.  At that point if 
> you don't have your hand over the ear speaker you can flick on the screen and 
> find the destination button.  If you tap it the message will now play through 
> the speaker.  A real pain but at least it works more or less.  I wish you 
> could make it default to speaker because that is what I prefer.
> 
> Kay Malmquist
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> "Where focus goes, energy flows."
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> From: Donna Casteen
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> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2021 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Voicemails Aren't Playing Through the Speakers
> 
> Mike, It has been a few IOS versions ago in which voicemail messages could be 
> listened to through the speaker. I wish Apple would bring the option back. I 
> found that if a person was speaking quietly letting the voicemail come 
> through the speaker made the voicemail louder. Now voicemail messages have to 
> be listened to by putting the phone to the ear. I don't like this, because 
> sometimes I miss the first few words of a message, due to the few seconds 
> that it takes to start play & bring the phone to my ear. As for the voicemail 
> transcript, for me, all of the transcript is never there. I find the feature 
> useless for the most part.
> 
> Donna
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>>  
>> I'm using an SE 2020 iPhone running iOS14.7.1.  I rarely get a voicemail, 
>> but yesterday I did get one and when I tried to play it nothing would come 
>> through the speakers.  I was able to read the voicemail using the 
>> transcription service, but would someone please tell me what setting I need 
>> to change to get the voicemails to come through the speakers again?  Or, 
>> tell me what settings to look at?  All help is greatly appreciated, 
>> thanksmooy moocho.
>>  
>>  
>> Stay safe & take care.  Mike.
>> Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say:  "Close Enough!"
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