

Visit m./voice from your Android phone to download the app. The Google Voice app for Android now comes with a handy widget that allows you to start a call, send a text message or turn Google Voice on and off from your homescreen.īy default you can set Google Voice to On, Off, or International calls only, but you can find apps like Voice Plus that allow you to create calling rules based on groups so that you only use Google Voice with specific groups. The app has a built-in text message function so you don’t need to forward your texts, just respond to them from within Google Voice and you can read voicemail transcripts or listen without dialing in to a voicemail server. Google Voice for Android is arguably the most robust Google Voice app experience available with direct integration into your contacts for easy calling. The Google Voice apps and mobile website offer you on-the-go access to most of your Google Voice features including the ability to make calls from your Google Voice number easily, send text messages for free, receive voicemail transcriptions and help you make cheap international calls. This guide is part of a week-long series we’re calling Google Voice University, which will take you from a beginning Google Voice user all the way up to a Pro in a series of short guides. Specifically we will look at the Google Voice app for Android and BlackBerry as well as two ways to use Google Voice on your iPhone. You can use Google Voice with any phone, but if you have a smartphone you gain some extra features and ease of use. Now that you’ve learned how to get started with Google Voice and how to use groups and rules for Google Voice it’s time to take Google Voice with you on your smartphone.
