Google Voice numbers and Sprint numbers will be separately used from that date, but Google Voice can still at least be used *on* Sprint phones.
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Free Google Home voice calls roll out, benefits for Google Voice and Project Fi users
Google Home owners can make calls with their device, but most won't be able to link their phone number to it — except for Project Fi and Google Voice users.
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Hangouts SMS finally hung up for most, still on for Project Fi and Google Voice
The exceptions are Google Voice users and Project Fi customers who can continue to route SMS/MMS through Hangouts. Others will have to move elsewhere.
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Expect SMS in Hangouts to be gone by May 22
SMS in Hangouts gets out of Hangouts soon according to a letter to G Suite admins. But you may still cling on if you have Google Voice or Project Fi.
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Google Voice and Project Fi to meet, or so it is said
What, really? Google Voice and Project Fi? Together at last? That's the word after a revival of a service thought to be long dead.
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Google Voice finally gets an update – app review (Video)
Google Voice is updated after a five-year standstill, and we weren't able to resist the temptation of quickly reviewing the modernized app.
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After five long and quiet years, Google Voice is updated with a new look
The surprise was ruined a couple of weeks back, but it's still something else to see Google Voice updated and redesigned after half a decade of... nothing.
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Google Voice update might be coming in the near future, company confirms
“The new Google Voice is here” is a message some Google Voice users are seeing when they log into their accounts, accompanied by another one that reads “TRY NOW”. Sadly, the “TRY NOW” button doesn’t do anything at the moment, except for refreshing the page, but it’s a clear indication that Google is working on updating its service.
In addition to the above, El Goog also confirmed that, while indeed they are working on improving the service, the messages displayed aren’t something meant for the general public to see:
Sorry, it looks like we must have dialed the wrong number! But don’t worry, this wasn’t a prank call. We’re working on some updates to Google Voice right now. We have you on speed dial and we’ll be sure to share what we’ve been up to just as soon as we can.
It’s been a long time since Google Voice has last received a refresh, and, with Allo being the main Google messaging app, it would be a breath of fresh air for Voice to get some improvements. Don’t get us wrong, the service does work without major glitches, it just didn’t learn any new tricks for a while.
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T-Mobile DIGITS ups the ante on virtual number assignment
Google Voice was able to let you do it to an extent for a while. AT&T NumberSync lets you do it now. And starting soon, everyone will able to spread and share their DIGITS around, presumably thanks to T-Mobile.
DIGITS is a new program that not only allows you to tie one phone number to up to five devices — your smartphone, smartwatch, computers and cell-enabled tablets — but also put up to five numbers onto any one phone so that you can combine work and personal numbers if you so desire. All devices will have the numbers’ call histories, messages and voicemail on them, no matter where you do your talking and walking.
T-Mobile claims that unlike Internet-based solutions, the Un-carrier can deliver better call quality and that the DIGITS app will work with other carriers’, including the other Big Three.
While DIGITS is available as an app for the following platform versions or newer:
- Android 5.0
- iOS 9.0
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome (Mac/PC)
T-Mobile has been able to natively integrate DIGITS functionality into the dialer of recent Samsung phones (Galaxy S6 and later flagships). It hopes to do so with more devices soon.
The Un-carrier is opening DIGITS up as a beta for feedback and tweaks and will proceed with commercial launch early next year. You can sign up for the beta here. Let’s hope things are kept fee-free as they are now.
If you like handling all your calls and texts in the place you’re most focused on right now and aren’t concerned about work-life balances that a multiple phone setup might afford or security concerns based on the intrinsic properties of any given phone or phones, then Google Voice was your cup of tea. So may be AT&T NumberSync. But hey, there’s DIGITS now.
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Version 11 of Hangouts ends SMS merged conversations
Another piece of Google Voice has bit the dust, thanks to an update in Hangouts.If and when you get version 11 of Hangouts, you’ll see that SMS and Hangouts-based conversations have been split. You’ll have to talk to John Doe in separate threads for the different technologies. Why the change? Google said that the merged conversation feature “caused user confusion and had low usage.”You can ...
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Google Duo and Allo: The death of Google Voice?
Google Voice was a terrific dream, which I’ve been using since before Google owned the actual service. You can have one phone number umbrella which sends and receives calls to any phone number associated with your account. It was one of the first mainstream solutions for texting over data, it transcribed voicemails, and it was compatible with traditional cell phones.Google Voice has stagnated over the last couple years. We’ve seen Google tinker with Hangouts, and introduce Project Fi, but we’ve seen little progress on the GV front. Today at I/O 2016, Google introduced a ...
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Google Fiber Phone rolling out to go beyond the home
If you’re taking calls exclusively on your mobile phone these days, why would you deign to have a home phone again? You cut that cable, might as well cut another. Well, we can’t exactly think of a good reason, but for only $10 a month, the Google Fiber program will get you some service.With Fiber Phone, you can screen calls, setup do-not-disturb periods and engage the spam filter on your new home phone (not included). The VoIP ...
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4 reasons I want to try Google’s Project Fi (and one reason I probably won’t)
Maybe it’s because I’m still giddy from the change-high I got from my switch to T-Mobile earlier this year; maybe it’s because I recently confessed to liking the Nexus 6 more than I did a few months ago; or maybe it’s because I’m trying to save money after a lengthy spending spree … but for the past 48 hours I’ve been practically obsessed with the notion of trying out Google’s new wireless service, Project Fi.We reported on Project Fi, Google’s North American virtual wireless carrier,
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Sweeter Android, musical YouTube, Microsoft-ier Lumia | Pocketnow Weekly 122
Updated with high-quality download and streaming links, as well as timecodes. We’ll see you next week!Android gets sweeter, YouTube gets more musical, and Lumia gets more Microsoft. Those are the headlines this week in tech news and views (backed up by a lot of crazy happenings from Samsung, LG, Sharp and more) and by sheer force of will, we’re going to try covering them in 90 minutes or less on the fanciest podcast this side of Tuxedo Alley.Joining us this week to help with that monumental task is Joshua Vergara of Android Authority, a veteran of our live recording session ...
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Google Voice expands upon last month’s MMS improvements
Just over a month ago we saw Google deliver one of the more eagerly awaited improvements to the service, doing a massive overhaul to how Voice handled MMS and brought such picture-messaging support to the vast majority of carriers in the US and Canada. Any way you looked at it, it was good news, but even this big step didn’t bring us all the way to where some users might hope we’d be, with a few notable carrier holdouts and a link-based MMS workaround that was a little less than ideal. Today, Google ...
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