Yeah I got used to them fairly quickly when visiting Europe recently. At first it was a bit annoying - kinda in the way when drinking and harder to twist back on properly. But after a few days you get the hang of it, and in some ways I prefer that style now.

On iOS, it’s called Live Voicemail under Settings -> Apps -> Phone.

View a transcript of an incoming voicemail in real time and answer the call before it ends. Calling and data rates may apply.

Yeah and what it should mean is the same productivity (or slightly higher) over fewer hours worked. So everyone can get more of their lives back to go be happy and spend time with their friends and families. Or literally whatever else people would rather being doing besides working all the damn time.

Data-based messaging apps are generally now. Like iMessage and WhatsApp.

Yeah, same. For me, it’s better to simply not understand some words than have the distraction of subtitles on the whole time. Or when needed, just jump back a few seconds to hear it again.