Answering Machines: version 1

Saved 2026-09-09 10:20 by site bot: GPC import 286. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Answering Machines <!--category-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Answering Machines
gpc_code: 10001184
gpc_level: brick
parent: category/66010200
gpc_publication: 286 GPC as of May 2026
<!--/identity-->

## About <!--about-->
Includes any products that may be described/observed as a fixed electronic device that, in the absence of the called party, automatically answers incoming calls with a pre-recorded message and records messages from callers for later playback. Includes products such as digital answering machines and tape answering machines.

### Excludes

Excludes products such as multifunctional devices that contain an answering machine and which are classified with office machinery, as well as telephones and telephones with an inbuilt answering machine.
<!--/about-->