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Question about call settings while on an active call

  • November 21, 2025
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What I’m wondering is if there is a setting that I can activate that will let me record a greeting that will play and then immediately place an incoming call on hold until I can answer it? While I’m currently on the line already?

Example: I’m on the phone and the customer is speaking to me. I cannot interrupt them to ask them to hold while I take the new call long enough to ask them to hold while I finish the first caller. I am the only one here to answer the call though. So, I’m wondering if the new call coming in can be answered by Ring Central and asked to hold until I can end the call with the current caller and then switch over to the new caller? Hopefully that isn’t too confusing.

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BeckyH
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  • November 21, 2025

Made sense to me, ​@AliciaC!
I think, if you don’t want to have to pick up the phone and put the 2nd call on hold, your best bet would be to use AIR (AI Receptionist). 
AIR can answer all the calls immediately- whether you’re busy or not - with an intelligent greeting...which frees you up from answering manually. 

When you are busy, AIR can greet the caller, gather info, and then send the call to a “wait” state. Once you hang up the first call, AIR can transfer the second call to you. 
And AIR will tel you what the second caller is calling about...so a little more warm of a transfer for context - and they don’t have to repeat themselves which we all know is a total pain. 

I know if you don’t have AIR, this might not be a fit, but it’s worth considering if you find yourself in this position frequently or with particularly high call volume. 

There are other Call Handling methods, but you still have to answer and put the call on hold before getting back to your first call. 

Let me know if this is helpful!
 


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  • November 22, 2025

That sounds like the perfect solution to my problem!! Thank you so very much ​@BeckyH for responding to my question. I really appreciate your time and knowledge! Thank you!!! 😊