You read that headline correctly,
Google Voice now works with your existing mobile phone number -- no need to choose a new Google number that must be communicated to friends, family, and co-workers. This "lighter" version of Google Voice then lets you hand-over voicemail responsibility (and your data) to Google's authority where you can listen to (or read via automatic voice to text conversion) your voicemail on a computer in any order you like, read them as text messages on your phone, and choose personalized greetings by caller. A side-by-side feature table that compares Google Voice when choosing a Google number versus your existing cellphone number can be found after the break. We've also dropped in a cutsie video overview of the change -- surely a company that produced it
can't be evil, can it?
posted Oct 27th 2009 2:32AM
Is there anything that Google can't make better?
Hello everyone meet....Google, our soon to be [every] service provider overlords.
Sex? (I really wanna see them try)
two days later....
Introducing. "Poorngle" Another service for your daily lives brought to you only by the nice folks at Google.
Well... I for one...
maybe they should start offering Google Voice in Canada. It's only been "coming soon" for us for about 8 months?
Im still waiting for an osx version of chrome.
Google, the new Evil Empire. A monopoly in the making. Stop it now.
@wicked, ohsnap
It's called Google Image Search.
Google Chrome for one. Where are the plug-ins promised?
@wickedphoenix
Unfortunately, you would need some point of comparison to judge by.
Breaks at&t visual voicemail on iPhone, unfortunately.
@wicked
It's called the Hitachi Magic Wand. Great deep tissue massager.
just hooked it up. So excited.
I already use my Google Voice acct for my phones voicemail. The only change I can see is if they reduce the number of times it rings before the voicemail picks up.
First, make sure you have Do Not Disturb turned on in Google Voice.
Secondly, you can change the number of rings before forwarding to voicemail.
Follow the directions from Google or your carrier to turn on forwarding, then add two stars and put in the number of seconds you want it to ring (in 5 second increments) before the pound sign. So on AT&T it would be *004*17635551234**20#. (This might only work on GSM phones. CDMA phones have different codes.)
Or if you have a Windows Mobile phone you can get to it from the Services tab in Phone options.
just a note to t-mobile flex pay users, this goolge feature does work for you because fall forwarding is not allowed for flex pay accounts.
We found a pretty simple solution to the extra rings with Google Voice, you just need to set the advance phone options to 'Send straight to voicemail'. Here's the guide: http://www.techerator.com/2009/10/how-to-prevent-extra-rings-using-google-voice-as-voicemail/
I love Google voice. The only problem is when a machine is calling, and started talking while the voice mail had not started recording, resulting in a voice mail containing only the last part of the message.
The new feature (i.e. Google voicemail) is not working with Sprint numbers, or at least it didn't work with mine. This is probably due to the fact that Sprint still hasn't enabled free conditional forwarding for all accounts. What a bunch of shit.
I actually called them up about this and they said the same thing. 20 Cents per call forwarded!
Same here, pretty lame. In the meantime I've left my Google Voicemail number in my Sprint voicemail answering message.
I tried it on my phone and it worked, except that after I click ignore on my phone the call gets transferred to Google but it still rings like five times until my voicemail kicked in.
Screw Sprint for charging for calls that they forward instead of handle directly. This is another reason I'm changing to Tmobile about the same time as the N900 becomes available.
@leo: I posted this above, but there's a quick way to send your callers straight to Google Voice (with no extra rings): http://www.techerator.com/2009/10/how-to-prevent-extra-rings-using-google-voice-as-voicemail/
Is an invite required? I have a few if someone would like
i would like one, what info do u need?
I would love one!
mkyb14 at gmail dot com
I want one too...
Leave your email like Mike did. I have two more so hurry
tjken33 at gmail dot com
xlin.liu at gmail dot com. maaaaaaany thanks
wow that was quick, Thank you !
thx for the hookup bro! *pounds*
All three sent. Enjoy :]
EVERYBODY CAN GET GV INVITATION IN 1-2 WEEKS:
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/
Wow, pretty quick. Thanks a lot. Try out after work...
If anybody has invites, please send me an invite:
FlyersPh9 (at) gmail (.) com
i have been using google voicemail on my blackberry for a few months now. i was just forwarding all unanswered calls to google voice. is the new method any different?
It is different, because now you can do this without giving instructions to your mobile provider. Just check off the box in GV settings and you get an activation PIN to enable the feature.
Only different for Sprint. GSM phones and Verizon have used a key-code type entry to enable conditional forwarding for a while now.
Yeah, this has pretty much always been possible, but Google has made it easier to do so. Hopefully Sprint will stop charging for the conditional forwarding soon though.
The three people to whom I sent invites today will be very pleased. Come on Google, get that revamped mobile site up and running!
Gaaaah why does google only provide this in the US... I want google voice with my android.....
They just don't want Morten Fogtmanns signing up.
if anyone has extra invites i'd appreciate one......
mcaram16 at gmail dot com
thanks
You could already do this, you just had to activate Do Not Disturb mode and set up forwarding on your phone. If you've got a Windows Mobile phone, it makes the process especially easy.
Flash forward six months: Google integrates this into their mobile apps suite and BAM, visual voicemail for everyone.
You may want to look at www.youmail.com, they have been doing this for some time now. It's a pretty good service, I imagine Google will copy most of if.
I've been using YouMail for a while now...but it seems like they are getting greedy, trying to charge for stuff that used to be free. Not that that is bad, I'm sure they need it...but Google is one of my favorite companies so I'll probably swap.