Description
The VIP Web Phone allows the user to utilize their computer as a “soft phone” to make and receive calls as if they were using a physical desk phone. The VIP Web Phone has all the features of your physical desk phone or mobile app, including:
- Make/Receive calls to your extension.
- Access to your contacts.
- Access to your new and saved voicemails.
- Chat and/or Text with others.
- Change your voicemail greeting.
- Change your “Answering Rules.”
- Login/Logout of your Call Queues for Call Center Agents
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Summary
Overview

To access the VIP Web Phone, refer to How To: VIP Web Phone - Access
To make a call in VIP Web Phone, refer to How To: VIP Web Phone - Make a Call
Options During a Call
While a call is in progress, a card is placed on the grid, and you have all the usual options open to you.

| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Mute | Mutes your microphone so the caller cannot hear you. You will still be able to hear the caller speaking. |
| Hold | Places the caller on hold. Select the Hold button again to resume the call. |
| Dial pad | Reveals a dial pad to make selections. Select Back to go back to the in-call options. |
| Add Call | Allows you to bring in another caller for a conference or three-way call. To learn more, refer to How To: VIP Web Phone - Add Another Caller to a Call |
| Transfer | To transfer a call to another user or number. To perform this action, refer to How To: VIP Web Phone - Transfer a Call |
| Park Call | To park a call in a call park. To learn more, refer to How To: VIP Web Phone - Park a Call |
| Switch Phone | Gives you the option to send this call to one of your other Crexendo phones, such as a desk phone or VIP Mobile App. |
| Hide call | Pins the active call to your available workspace to allow you to multitask. |
| Start recording | Records the active call, which will be available for an administrator to listen to. Select Stop Recording to end the recording. |
Navigation Pane
The VIP Web Phone has many areas that are accessed by the Navigation Pane.
Contacts
This displays a customizable list of contacts within your organization. You can search, sort, and filter this list. In addition to what is shown below, you can click on any contact entry to display its details and initiate any kind of phone call.

Call History
This displays a list of your call activity. In addition to what is shown below, you can click on any entry to display all related history, initiate contact, and add this person as an entry in your Contacts.
Each call entry is shown with history icons:
- Inbound: Blue arrow.
- Outbound: Green arrow.
- Missed Call: Red arrow.

Voicemail
This displays a list of your voicemails. It displays both new and saved voicemails, to which you can listen by clicking the Play button. The image below shows a voicemail that has been transcribed using our premium transcription feature.

Chat and SMS
This displays all chat conversations and other conversations between you and others. All VIP web phone users can chat with other Web Phone and VIP Mobile users within their organization.
IMPORTANT: If you want to text outside people using SMS, the SMS feature must be added to your organization’s Crexendo account.

As shown above, each conversation is displayed as a card on the grid by default. You can close or remove any of these cards as needed. Removing a card from the grid does not delete the conversation itself.
TIP: If you are manually typing a phone number to text (SMS) an outside party, you must type in the entire number, then click the suggestion that pops up. Then, click the check mark to start the conversation.
Answering Rules
This displays the answering rules that you can set, which tell the system what to do when someone is calling you. You can have many different answering rules, but only one rule can be “active” (depending on the date/time).

The active rule is marked by a blue dot and depends on your Time Frames:
- Time Frames: Tells the system when the answering rule is active.
- Answering Rules: Tells the system what to do during the time frame (e.g., Send all calls to voicemail.)
- Priority: If two answering rules occur at the same time, then you can choose which rule will be active by setting a priority. The web phone is one of the places you can prioritize your rules.
Greetings
This displays a list of your voicemail greetings that you have created. Once the greetings are created, you can make one of them active here. You can also edit and delete them.

Call Park
This area displays a list of the call parking spots for your organization (if you have any). You can park/unpark calls using this area.
For example, the parking spot (Park1) contains one parked call. It displays CallerID information about the parked call, including who parked the call and how long the call has been parked.

Call Center
This area displays information for your call center on two tabs:
- My Queues tab: Displays all queues for which you are an agent.
- My Stats tab: Displays an assortment of useful statistics for all your queues.
My Queues
The example below shows that you are an agent of the Office and the TechSupport queues.

My Stats
The example below shows statistics for today.

Settings
This displays the settings for your Web Phone.
In addition to what is called out below, you can edit and set your speakers and microphone on which to take calls.

Related Information
- How To: VIP Web Phone - Access
- How To: VIP Web Phone - Make a Call
- How To: VIP Web Phone - Add Another Caller to a Call
- How To: VIP Web Phone - Transfer a Call
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How To: VIP Web Phone - Park a Call
Escalation Information
Escalation Information: SD1
If you need additional assistance, contact Crexendo Support at 855-211-2255 or email us at support@crexendo.com
Change Log
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Article revamped. |