How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail?

From	VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail?
Date	2016-08-03 09:48 -0500
Organization	Usenet Elder
Message-ID	<e0eehiFhm6mU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
Android 4.4.4 Kitkat

I get a call and they left a voicemail.  When I tap on the call in the
notifications list, I'm taken to the Phone app (the standard one
included in the Android setup) and into its Recent list with the new
call preselected.  I click on the Play button and the voicemail begins
to play - through the earpiece (the speaker to which you press your ear
on the rear of the case).  I'd like to have the voicemail play through
the speaker (on the front of the case); however, there is no speaker
icon for me to elect listening via speakerphone.

If I make an outbound call using the Phone app, and after entering the
number and tapping the Call button, there is a speakerphone icon I can
tap to change output to the speaker.  Is it a limitation of the
pre-installed Phone app that it does not let me switch to speakerphone
when listening to voicemail?

I have Google Voice installed.  Under Settings -> Call, the "Voicemail
service" option is configured to Google Voice (instead of carrier).  I
went into the Google Voice app where its "Voicemail playback" option is
set to "Play via speaker".  When I play a voicemail using the Google
Voice app, it does play through the speaker.

However, it would be a nuisance to tap on a voicemail alert in the
notifications panel to be taken to the item in the Recent list of the
Phone app only to exit that and then open the Google Voice app to listen
to the voicemail over there.  I might have to do that if the standard
Phone app has no speakerphone option to use the speakerphone when
playing voicemails there or there is no global setting to change it to
always use the speakerphone to playback voicemail.

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How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-03 09:48 -0500
  Re: How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-08-05 03:25 -0500
    Re: How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-05 19:33 -0500
    Re: How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-05 21:05 -0500
      Re: How to get speaker on Phone when listening to voicemail? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-08-08 02:20 -0500

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