Google Fi customer arenot allow you to use Google Voice. While Google Fi and Google Voice numbers on the same account aren’t possible when using MVNO as your carrier, we have noe learned Google is taking the first steps towards making both these features available to its customers. Google announced that Fi will soon […]
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Google has refreshed its Google Voice app for iPhones. The latest version of the app includes a new home screen icon and other visual tweaks to give it a clean look. The app also adds a contacts tab at the bottom of the screen, making it easier to reach phone numbers. Google incorporated Voice into […]
Google has begun informing Google Voice customers who’ve integrated their service with Sprint that the two services will cease working together on June 1. Google has laid out a number of steps that customers will need to take in order to retain their separate services if they so wish. Beginning June 1, all outgoing calls and […]
T-Mobile has announced the launch of its “Digits” program, coming May 31. Digits is a revamp of how T-Mobile phone numbers work, virtualizing customer numbers so they can work across multiple devices. It sounds a lot like Google Voice—rather than having a phone number tied to a single SIM card or a device, numbers are […]
Google outlined a number of changes to its various messaging services, including a dramatic shift for Hangouts. Starting May 22, Google Hangouts will no longer support SMS for text messaging between phones. Hangouts will continue to work as a messaging client, it just cannot be used to send SMS messages. Earlier this year Google said […]
Google today introduced a wholly new version of Google Voice for Android, iOS, and the web. The calling, voicemail, and messaging platform has been overhauled from the ground up with a new design, new features, and a fresh commitment from Google to keep the service updated. Google Voice now includes separate tabs to help people […]
Google said it has updated the voicemail transcription feature of Google Voice to improve accuracy. Google employed technology called a long short-term memory deep recurrent neural network to reduce transcript errors by 49%. Google was able to make the improvements by studying the incorrect voicemail transcriptions shared by select Google Voice users. Google said all […]
Google hopes the public will help it make Google Voice better. The company this week has asked people to fill out a survey on how they use the service and how it does or does not meet their needs. Google said any feedback it receives can be used to improve Google Voice and prioritize its […]
Google said Verizon Wireless customers can now send and receive MMS messages through their Google Voice number. According to Google, MMS is supported by all major carriers in the U.S. and Canada. Further, Google has added native MMS support to Google Voice. This means users who add their Google Voice number to Hangouts can actually attach […]
Google has enabled MMS within Google Voice on more than 100 networks in North America, including AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile in the U.S. Google Voice was previously limited to sending and receiving only SMS messages. For the moment, Verizon has not enabled MMS via Google Voice, and Google didn’t say whether or not it intends […]