Verizon Wireless today introduced Visual Voice Mail, a new application that lets you manage your voice mail on the phone directly. Available today on the Voyager by LG, Visual Voice Mail provides an easy-to-use display screen with one-touch access to listen to voice mail messages. You can also delete, reply and forward the voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions.

Customers can store up to 40 messages for 40 days – double the storage capacity and nearly double the retention time of Basic Voice Mail. In addition, customers can create up to 10 greetings, as well as up to 20 distribution lists and 50 distribution members to receive messages.

Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access, per line, plus airtime or megabyte charges and messaging fees, depending on a customer’s plan. The LG Voyager will need to be updated at the store for the new software feature. Verizon Wireless expects to offer Visual Voice Mail on additional devices in the coming months.