Enabling Messenger calls allows teammates to initiate voice, video, or screen sharing calls from Messenger chats.

You also have the option to provision a phone number so teammates can make and receive phone calls straight from the Inbox. This can be done using your existing number or by adding new phone numbers to your workspace.

Go to Settings > Channels > Phone to turn on Messenger calls.

You’re now ready to start using Messenger voice, video and screen sharing! 👌 Learn how to make Messenger calls from the Inbox.

If you don’t want to make or receive phone calls from the Inbox, you don’t need to set up anything else. Setting up recordings and transcripts is also optional.

If you’d like to keep your existing phone number, you can!

To do so, head over to Settings > Channels > Phone and under Phone calls, click on Port existing phone number 👇

You will then be prompted to enter the following information before the number is checked for portability:

Once this is done, you'll need to enter details regarding your phone number with the current provider and select your preferred porting date.

We’ll also need to collect some additional information from you to allow us to port your number.

If you want to use Intercom Phone with a new number, go to Settings > Channels > Phone and open the Phone calls section. Then click + New phone number.

Now select the country and number type. The available options are:

Depending on your selection, you may need to add addresses and other information to meet regulatory requirements for that country.

Choose a number by simply selecting one from the list of options. You can enter the starting numbers to filter by a specific area code, and click See more numbers to show alternative options.

Once you’ve selected your new phone number, click Activate number.

After you’ve ported an existing number into Intercom, or activated a new number, you’ll need to configure the phone number settings found in Settings > Channels > Phone under Phone calls (scroll across to the end of the row).

Give the phone number a name. This name is internal only (not visible to customers) and teammates will be able to select it when they’re making a phone call from the Inbox.

Choose whether this number should have inbound and outbound capabilities by toggling these options on:

If you turn on Inbound phone calls, you’ll have the option to enter a welcome greeting. This message will be played when a customer calls the number, before they are routed to the configured workflow or team.

Then select how you want calls to this phone number to be routed:

When using the "Configure with a workflow" routing option, voicemail greetings and triggers will need to be setup within a "When a customer calls" workflow as detailed in this article.

For the remaining routing options - "Assign to..." and "Assign to Workspace" - you can set up voicemail for those instances where teammates are unavailable. Voicemails will appear in the inbox just like recordings and transcripts for completed calls.

Simply select “Go to voicemail when teammates are unavailable to take a call” and provide a voicemail greeting which will be played when a customer is transferred to voicemail.

Then decide when voicemail should be triggered:

Once you’ve finished configuring the phone number settings, click Save changes.

All saved phone numbers will be shown in the Settings > Phone > Phone calls section. You can edit phone number settings any time by clicking on the Edit icon next to a number.

If you want to block a phone number, you can add it to the Blocked numbers section of your workspace:

If you want to unblock the number again, you can press the icon to the right of its row in the Blocked numbers table. This will remove the number from the list and it will be able to make inbound calls again.

If you’d like to give teammates time to wrap up after a call before they can receive another call, go to Settings > Channels > Phone and open the Phone calls section.

Then select the checkbox under Wrap up time and set the number of seconds or minutes you want to allow after a call ends.

Scroll down and click Update to save your changes.

While on wrap up time, the teammate status will be updated to Away with reason: “Call wrap up”. ​​Teammates will see a banner message from the Inbox saying they’re on wrap up time. They can select Switch to active and end early if they wish.

To identify users based on their phone number for inbound calls, go to Settings > Channels > Phone and open the Phone calls section.

Then choose between:

Remember to click Update to save your changes.

Australia, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, and New Zealand require approved regulatory information before it’s possible to purchase a phone number. You’ll need to submit regulatory bundles and wait for approval in these countries.

Each country has different requirements for you to complete. See Twilio’s guidance for specific requirements for each country.

Where regulatory bundles are required, you’ll see the option to select or add a new bundle from the dropdown menu.

Give the regulatory bundle a friendly name, then click Next.

Add business information (e.g. name, address).

Now see the information required and acceptable supporting documents you’ll need to submit (e.g. proof of address). Click + Add supporting document to upload the required documents.

Once you’ve added all the necessary information, click Submit to send your regulatory bundle for approval and monitor the status.

Approval usually occurs within 2 business days and you’ll receive email notifications about status changes.

Once your local regulatory bundle has been approved, you can return to Phone settings to add a new phone number and select this bundle from the dropdown to move on to the next step.

You must allow all of Twilio's IP address ranges and ports on your firewall, otherwise, you can run into issues with audio not coming through for customers and teammates.

The full list of required IP address ranges and ports can be found in Twilio's documentation here.