Calling
Make and receive calls, voicemail, recordings, transcripts, transfers, ring order, and business hours.
Make your first call from Ody
Place your first call from the Ody dial pad on the web or the iPhone app: open Calls, enter a number, and press the green call button.
Receive calls in Ody
How incoming calls reach you in Ody: the ringing overlay, the global banner on other screens, who rings on your team, and answering on mobile.
Mute, hold, and keypad during calls
Use the in-call controls in Ody: mute your microphone, put a caller on hold, and open the keypad to send touch tones to phone menus.
Transfer a call to a teammate or number
Send a live call to a teammate or an outside number with Ody's Transfer button: how blind transfer works, and when transfers are available.
Record a call
How call recording works in Ody: automatic recording on Growth plans, where recordings and transcripts appear, and consent best practices.
Call transcripts and AI summaries
Every voicemail and recorded call in Ody gets a transcript, and Growth plans add AI summaries with key points, sentiment, and call tags.
Voicemail — set up your greeting
Customize the voicemail greeting and voice for each Ody number: write your own text, pick a natural voice, or keep the smart default.
Listen to voicemail
Find and play voicemails in Ody: the Voicemails filter on the Calls screen, the audio player in the Inbox, and automatic transcripts.
Missed calls and call history
Browse your team's shared call history in Ody: filter by All, Missed, or Voicemails, call anyone back in one click, and open call details.
Ring order — who rings first
Control how incoming calls ring your team in Ody: everyone at once, or one teammate at a time in a priority order with a custom ring duration.
Business hours call routing
Set a work schedule in Ody so calls are answered differently during and after hours — ring the team, take a voicemail, or let the AI answer.
Call forwarding
Forward every call on an Ody number to any phone — set it per number in Settings, see forwarded calls in your call log, and turn it off in one click.
Set up a call flow on your number
Answer a number with a call flow in Ody: start from a preset, mix menus, business hours, your team, the AI assistant, and voicemail, then publish.
Caller ID: your name on outbound calls
Set the business name other phones show when you call (CNAM), and how Ody names incoming callers — your contact name first, then carrier caller ID.
Phone menus (IVR)
Answer calls with a spoken menu in Ody: greet callers, map digits to your team, voicemail, a forward number, or the AI agent — per number.
Call quality tips
Get the best call quality from Ody's browser-based calling: network and hardware recommendations, and what the in-call indicator means.
Calling on mobile — web and iPhone
How Ody calling works on your phone: the mobile web dialer at app.ody.co, the native iPhone app with CallKit, and what differs from desktop.