Voice mail (voicemail) vs. answering machine

[Gail]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "Business dialogue on the phone", question 6

Bill: No, that's alright. If you don't answer it will just go through to my ......... and I can call them back later.

(a) answering machine
(b) voicemail
(c) voice-recoder
(d) e-mail

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "Business dialogue on the phone", answer 6

Bill: No, that's alright. If you don't answer it will just go through to my voicemail and I can call them back later.

Correct answer: (b) voicemail

Your answer was: incorrect
Bill: No, that's alright. If you don't answer it will just go through to my answering machine and I can call them back later.
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What does 'voicemail' mean?

Gail

[Torsten]

Hello, companies use voicemail (or voice mail) systems for their internal and external communications. Voicemail is a centralized system that can record, store, organize and manage telephone messages. It is much more sophisticated than an answering machine and uses a computer network rather than one single telephone device.
Also, mobile and cell phones usually are connected to voicemail systems.
Happy New Year,
Torsten
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