A second number rings you. Vicem answers it.
A second-number app gives you another number that rings your phone and takes a voicemail when you don’t pick up. Vicem is an AI with its own number that actually answers, in 16 languages, takes the message and asks you before anything important.
What does a second-number app do well?
- A separate number to give out, so your own stays private.
- Calls, texts and voicemail in one app.
- Voicemail written out, so you can read it.
Where does a second-number app stop?
- When you don’t pick up, it takes a voicemail you read later. Nothing answers the caller.Google support, second-number voicemail
- A free number can be taken back after three months without calls or texts.Google support, acceptable use policy
- Fewer than 3% of callers sent to voicemail actually leave a message.Invoca, call data
Checked on October 6, 2026
What happens when you can’t pick up?
Something actually answers. Vicem speaks the caller’s language, in 16 languages, and tells you what they wanted.
Keep your number and forward the calls you miss to Vicem, or get a new US number to give out instead. UK numbers are next.
How do they compare?
| What it does | Second-number apps | Vicem |
|---|---|---|
| Works when your phone is off | Second-number appsVoicemail only | VicemYes |
| Emails the caller back | Second-number appsYou reply yourself | VicemYes |
| Its own number, email and page | Second-number appsA number only | VicemYes |
| Speaks the caller’s language | Second-number appsNo | Vicem16 languages |
| Asks you before anything important | Second-number appsNo | VicemYes |
| Anyone can check what it did | Second-number appsNo | VicemYes |
| Works on any phone | Second-number appsYes | VicemYes |
| Robocalls and silent calls we screen out in the first seconds never count against your minutes, nor do calls that fail on our side | Does not apply | VicemYes |
Only things Vicem does today are listed. “Varies” means products of that kind differ. An empty cell means it doesn’t apply.
What do people ask?
Do I need a new number to use Vicem?
No. Keep your number and forward the calls you miss to Vicem, or get a new US number to give out instead.
Which languages does Vicem speak?
It answers callers in 16 languages, in the language they speak.
Does Vicem say it’s an AI?
Yes. Vicem always says it’s an AI. Every call starts with: “Hi, this is Sam’s AI.”
Want it answering your calls?
Vicem is an AI that answers your phone when you can’t. Free for 14 days.
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