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Google Voice Receives First Update in Five Years (zdnet.com)
Google Voice hasn't seen a lot of love or attention since it launched with some fanfare in 2009, but surprisingly Google wants people to know that it still cares about the communication app. In a new sprawling release -- the first of its kind in years -- Google has revamped all versions of its Voice app and site with a clean, modern look, new features, and, perhaps the best news of all, the promise of regular updates. From a report: Google is finally adding two features Google Voice users have long missed out on: MMS support for photo messaging and group chats. Previously workarounds were required to send and receive picture messages, and group chats were flat out not possible.
that's right folks, google is here with clean modern design and mms support to drag you back into its ecosystem
just so they give you a swift kick to the juevos once you've gotten dependent on it
google kills all its fun project and also dreams
They migrated it to hangouts. If you used hangouts MMS has worked since 2014, complete with group messaging and responses.
They migrated it to hangouts. If you used hangouts MMS has worked since 2014, complete with group messaging and responses.
Call me back when they support places outside the US
Love Google Voice. Lack of MMS was so frustrating too. I set my Mom up with GV on a tablet I gave her but the only way to send her pics was through e-mail. I can send from my MMS app to her mail, but the fact that every MMS message I sent was a separate e-mail for her was obviously not good.
I fear that Google is giving their Voice app some attention because they are actively trying to kill Hangouts.
With my instant messaging and SMS converged in one app and accessible via the web, I have been living in the future for a while. I am going to miss the future.
Looks like no one wants to gives free data anymore to everyone's favorite CIA asset .
So, does that mean I will finally be able to send images to people who are listed as "Google Talk" users in iMessage on my Mac?
#DeleteFacebook
... that they release this about two weeks after I'd given up and ported my GV # away. I had put up with years of MMS/SMS frustration. They must have changed their default SMS app three or four times. All my contacts had two #s for me despite me trying to do everything I possibly could to prevent that. Porting to T-mobile was such a nightmare experience (5 days, 3 hours on the phone, 2 visits to store (avoid the stores)) that I'm hesitant to port it back.
Guess I'll just get a new GV # and see if it is really going to be worth it. Can't say I really trust Google not to fuck it up (or change it often enough to be irritating) again.
You're aware that Google Voice is not a voice-based software assistant, right? If we need to compare it to something, I guess it's kind of like iMessage, except that's only part of the story (and it's been around for longer).
R.Mo
Still, at least he didn't think it was Google's VoIP service...
(Which was more difficult to explain to people because if you use Hangouts, or previously used Google Talk before that was replaced by Hangouts, it integrated with Google Voice.)
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Apple is their favorite CIA asset. They all believe the lie that Apple isn't selling data. However, just seeing that the iPhone has been allowed to compete in China is proof positive that Apple has caved.
I just love this service. I have a number similar enough to my day to day it's easy to remember, and I use that to give out to anyone and everyone that demands your phone number. The fact that MMS made no difference for what I use it for (mainly a way to screen unwanted calls). I'm glad to hear they're updating things, but from what I can tell, it looks exactly the same to me as it always has.
Really?
iMessage began as iChat in like 2004...
https://blog.google/products/g...
Because I hate going to a site to go to a site to...you get the point.
I'm not a 13 year old girl so I don't intend to ever use anything called hangouts. Do use Google Voice though.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Would be nice if you could send and receive faxes via Google Voice.
Speaking of which... I use Google Voice VoIP for both my home phone (via an ObiTalk) and my cellphone (via Hangouts, currently). All I really want to know from this article is whether my setup is going to break or not. Unfortunately, it didn't say.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
I love Google Voice. Lack of MMS was a real blessing. When some idiot decided that I needed to see 15 photos that he sent to ALL of his friends, my copy would go to my email account but not forward to my cell phone and start driving up costs. And when other idiots did a "Reply ALL" to try to send him their photos of their precious brats, they didn't add more costs to my cell plan either. I hope that I can disable MMS in the new system but I have low expectations.
Not too excited about the group chat either. The few times I wanted to do this there have been other good ways to accomplish it. Might come in handy at some point, but not a must have upgrade.
I don't see any change on the Google Voice website yet. That suits me fine.
I do miss the Google Talk IM app, I found it really useful and wish that they would give it back. When they start mucking with something as good as Google Voice they worry me.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
You're not using "Google Voice VoIP" because that doesn't exist. You're using Google Talk/Hangouts/whatever it's called today. The relationship between the two is that GV can route calls to Google Talk, and Google Talk will use your GV number when making outgoing calls.
So, as this is a story about Google Voice, not Google Talk (or Hangouts etc) you can safely assume your setup is not affected by this at all. That doesn't mean it'll continue to work, just that this doesn't impact it.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Please let me know when I can use all these with the same number on a Google Apps account.
GV, Hangouts, Allo, Google+, Messenger, Android - it's all a hot mess.
Prove anything by multiplying Huge Number times Tiny Number
I was a hard core Google Voice user years ago. I did all the pain in the ass mapping for the special numbers and such on my work blackberry - contacts needed a special number to come up as the google voice number, but i still had to use the work phone, so the normal numbers.. yikes, all that work...
I ported out my number years ago. It just wasn't worth it. The clunkiness and compromises aren't worth it. Messages/iMessage across idevices kind of sealed it for me. I can't imagine moving back.
Call filtering based on a search expression.
I want ALL calls that start with 800* to go to voicemail without exception and never ring the phone. I can do this with Asterisk. Why the hell cant I do this with google Voice? I know it is absolutely capable of doing it.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Still cant point a SIP phone at it and have a desk phone as a GV number.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I have an Obi for home and GV for cell. No problems yet knock on wood.
I'm still confused. How does this new Voice update integrate for fit with they new Allo? Allo is their new Text app. Wait - I thought Hangout was the new messaging and communication platform. No no -- wait there's an update for Voice. This should tie it all together...right?!
Whatever. I've had voice for many many years and it hasn't changed. I figured it was dead and stopped using it. It is still my public phone# (I use the PBX feature) but I've gone 99% native with iMessaging and find myself using FB Messenger a bit more too. But Hangout yeah never.
Allo was DOA. What is it?! How does it fit? Have you tried it - if not I'll wait... back yet? Did you try chatting with your G+ friends? Can't find them b/c they're on Hangout?! How about SMS? Totally bogus -- looks like a spam message on the recipient end. yeah what is it?!
Can we stop describing things as modern? Especially in graphics design or UX. If 10 year from now we keep calling things modern, does it make any sense?
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As with anything Google floats into public, they can withdraw it at any moment without warning.
MMS has always worked on Google Voice. It sends the attached pictures and video to your associated Gmail/email account.
I have used google voice for years on sprint but last year on two separate occasions while using it I was also charged by sprint for the calls. In one case the call didn't register with google's call history at all even though I have always had it set up to route international calls through GV. In the other instance the GV call runs for a minute and then stops but the call lasted about 45 mins. In each case I called up sprint and gave them hell and got a refund ($50-ish at 20c/min vs 1c/min with GV). In both cases sprint said it wasn't their fault and said they weren't responsible for 3rd party applications but I prevailed for the refund. GV has no official support so I posted the only place you can, on their GV forum, and no one ever responded. So now I don't trust that I won't rack up a $50 call and don't use GV I use Viber over wifi for international calls now. Suck it GV.
If you get a phone via Google Fi, you give up your Google Voice account and that number goes to the phone.