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Switching yesterday to android was a shock when I found out there was no visual voicemail for android on AT&T. Dialing in for voicemail seems archaic now. But google voice can easily take over your AT&T voicemail and much much more. You don't even have to use your google voice phone number to use the voicemail feature.
Check out HulloMail as well. HulloMail is available for Android, iPhone and Blackberry in the US and UK. The app is free and offers everything you want from VVM and more.
lebe0024 said:
Switching yesterday to android was a shock when I found out there was no visual voicemail for android on AT&T. Dialing in for voicemail seems archaic now. But google voice can easily take over your AT&T voicemail and much much more. You don't even have to use your google voice phone number to use the voicemail feature.
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True, I didnt even think about that. I dont even know how to dial in for voicemail on AT&T. The entire time on AT&T I had an iphone that did all that stuff automatically.
Google voicemail transcribes which is even more awesome
Google Voice is great if you don't use Google Apps, if you use a Google Apps account it won't work with it, which is really a pain. I don't want to maintain two separate Google accounts
hullos said:
Check out HulloMail as well. HulloMail is available for Android, iPhone and Blackberry in the US and UK. The app is free and offers everything you want from VVM and more.
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Mixed reviews on that app...
How do you set up google voice to be your voicemail application, even if someone calls your regular phone number, not your google voice number?
Basics: Adding Google voicemail to your current mobile forwarding phoneShare Comment Print
If you're using a Google number, you can still set up Google voicemail with any mobile forwarding phone.
To do this, click Settings at the top right of the page. On the Phones tab, click the Add Google voicemail to this phone link to get started. The mobile carrier for your forwarding phone will need to be one of our current supported carriers.
http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=164652
I found youmail (sorry due to the rule about new account I can't post the link, but I'm sure you will be able to find it) witch work perfectly with Android. It's free and has a lot of great options
personally my last smartphone was a blackberry 8100 and then 8110 without internet so i think im going to be fine
Has anyone successfully downloaded the Google Voice App? I have tried several times and continue to get a 'download successful' message.
Thanks,
InnerGeek said:
Has anyone successfully downloaded the Google Voice App? I have tried several times and continue to get a 'download successful' message.
Thanks,
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No problem here, works perfectly, works great.
I used appbrain to download it, maybe you can try there?
So during the wizard to set up google voice I choose GV for my voicemail, and all it does is says no changes made and kicks me back to the GV wizard. I am unable to get this to work.
anyone have some ideas?
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So during the wizard to set up google voice I choose GV for my voicemail, and all it does is says no changes made and kicks me back to the GV wizard. I am unable to get this to work.
anyone have some ideas?
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Did this earlier in the week. Here's what I did.
Install Google voice as you normally would but don't do any of the app's set up for voicemail use..it wont work. Go to settings>call settings>voice calls>call forwarding.
Leave the first option...think its Always Forward...as disabled but the final three options where the calls get forwarded to your AT&T voicemail...edit those so the number is your GV number. That should take care of it.
Be sure to write down your AT&T voicemail number just in case you want to change it back.
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This worked. Am I charged minutes for calls getting forwarded to this number?'
Additionally, when I make google voice calls, can I add my GV number to alist for free calls?
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This worked. Am I charged minutes for calls getting forwarded to this number?'
Additionally, when I make google voice calls, can I add my GV number to alist for free calls?
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I don't believe you get charged per minute for call forwarding.
As far as the A List goes...I have no idea.
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Actually, you do use your minutes when you forward a call to your google voice voicemail. I know this from looking at my bill. I don't know about the a-list feature though, I've never used it.
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Actually, you do use your minutes when you forward a call to your google voice voicemail. I know this from looking at my bill. I don't know about the a-list feature though, I've never used it.
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Really? Wow. That's unnecessary. Oh well. Not like I don't answer my phone anyway so oh well.
I wonder if adding the google voice number to the a-list will allow free call forwarding....
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A-List essentially is a list of numbers that you have unlimited calls to and from. When I was on my iphone you initiated GV calls by getting a call sent to you with your caller ID, so I would add that number to my a-list and voila, free calls.
not sure how it works with the app though.
Edit: looks like every time you dial out of GV it uses a different 10 digit number so you cant abuse a-list...shameful! Wonder i theres a way to force it to use a specific number
Good news you can roll back your version of GV and have it use the same number everytime when you try to connect a call.
http://phandroid.com/2010/07/22/goo...eedier-dialing-eliminates-free-calling-trick/
When I receive a call, it rings for about half a second and I can't answer it. It goes to my GV voicemail. I can't answer the call.
I thought, man if GV is this buggy I'm going to just use the T-Mo voicemail service. So in Call Settings I switched back to my carrier. But still, when I call my phone, it rings for half a second, then goes to GV voicemail. WTF.
So I went to GV settings and found my forwarding phone in the Phones tab and I clicked on "Deactivate GV on my phone." It said I had to go to my phone and type ##004#. So I did that and nothing happened. Still same problems.
This is really annoying because a) I can't answer my calls, b) I don't get any missed call notifications.
Can anyone help me?
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When I receive a call, it rings for about half a second and I can't answer it. It goes to my GV voicemail. I can't answer the call.
I thought, man if GV is this buggy I'm going to just use the T-Mo voicemail service. So in Call Settings I switched back to my carrier. But still, when I call my phone, it rings for half a second, then goes to GV voicemail. WTF.
So I went to GV settings and found my forwarding phone in the Phones tab and I clicked on "Deactivate GV on my phone." It said I had to go to my phone and type ##004#. So I did that and nothing happened. Still same problems.
This is really annoying because a) I can't answer my calls, b) I don't get any missed call notifications.
Can anyone help me?
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I turned off call screening and I get my calls now. But my missed call notifications are coming from Google Voice. WTF.
Also I have my voicemail set back to My Carrier still and if I call myself I get GV Voicemail.
Shot in the dark..but do you have "Do not disturb" enabled in the Google Voice app or on the website? If so, disable it.
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Shot in the dark..but do you have "Do not disturb" enabled in the Google Voice app or on the website? If so, disable it.
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Nope. I turned off Call Screening and I finally started getting calls. BUT WHY CANT I DISABLE GOOGLE VOICE COMPLETELY!?!?!?
Have you tried logging in Google vice on computer and change settings to dis associate the number sign to that particular email account
Yeah, dude. It's in the OP.
So I went to GV settings and found my forwarding phone in the Phones tab and I clicked on "Deactivate GV on my phone." It said I had to go to my phone and type ##004#. So I did that and nothing happened. Still same problems.
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So let's say I have a GV number and a mobile number. And I turn on Call Screening. Why would it screen calls to my mobile number???
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Shot in the dark..but do you have "Do not disturb" enabled in the Google Voice app or on the website? If so, disable it.
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Even if I had DND enabled.... Why would it block calls TO MY MOBILE NUMBER?
All I want GV to do with my mobile number is forward calls from my GV number.
Easy answer. Your sprint number takes over your google voice number.
Check out here how to fix that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075021&page=3
I posted the last post which is the easiest way to do it.
tnerb123 said:
Easy answer. Your sprint number takes over your google voice number.
Check out here how to fix that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075021&page=3
I posted the last post which is the easiest way to do it.
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Well that would make more sense if I wasn't on T-Mobile!
Have you tried to change your settings via the web. Going to your Google voice account and change your voicemail options. Although it sounds like you need to change your cm forwarding on your phone. Go to T-Mobiles site for instructions or call T-Mobile.
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So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
sorry this isnt an answer
but this should be posted in the General Section of the forums.
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So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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If you have Google voice you have to use their app so it will sync online I'm pretty sure
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I had problem with the 2.3.4 cm7 and Google voice also... I use YouMail now and personally. Its a nifty little app. The smart greeting and built in caller ID are super nice
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no guys, he wants to get his TEXT messages (not voicemail) through the stock app, not the Voice app.
From my experience, I dont think its possible.
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So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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The only way I've found of guaranteeing text messages in the native app or an alternate (like Handcent) on the phone Google Voice is to turn off the integration with Sprint. With the integration on, in order to get the text message in the native app (in addition to getting it in GV) seems to require two things: Not only does the phone have to be set to receive text messages (done by changing the mobile phone settings at Google Voice on the Web), but forwarding to that phone has to be turned on as well.
So: When I have my calls forwarded to an alternate phone (like when I'm sitting at home and want to receive calls on my land line), no text messages are received in the native app on my cell phone.
If you look at the Google Voice help forums, there have been countless posts about this. There have been suggestions for fixing; I haven't found one that works yet.
I really hope Google and/or Sprint get this worked out; it is to totally FUBARed now.
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So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.
riggsandroid said:
Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.
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In my experience, this works only if your Google number is forwarding to your mobile phone. If you've set it up to forward to another phone (say, a land line while you are at home), you won't get text messages on your mobile.
riggsandroid said:
Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.
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Riggs, once again you come up with a solution I hadn't considered XD. Do you know if the texts are still sent to GV with this solution? I'd hate to have to wade through a dozen text threads before getting to my voicemail if I want to listen to it.
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Riggs, once again you come up with a solution I hadn't considered XD. Do you know if the texts are still sent to GV with this solution? I'd hate to have to wade through a dozen text threads before getting to my voicemail if I want to listen to it.
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Yes - if you are integrated all texts go through Google voice.
If you aren't happy with wading through all your texts - you can view by label. In the Google Voice app - hit Menu-Labels-Voicemail and it will show you only the voicemails.
As for this method not working with other lines enabled - not sure as I only have my mobile number fwd right now. and am using the google voice app.
hope that helps SirRipo.
So, you want visual voicemail without having to pay the $2.99/month for it?
The answer is already here, it's called Google Voice.
I'm going to show you how to set up Google Voice and visual voicemail on your Verizon Galaxy S 3.
Step 1: Get a Google Voice number. It's free and all you need to do is go to voice.google.com
Follow the steps shown on Google Voice. Yes, you need to authenticate with an existing phone number
before they give you a Google Voice phone number.
Step 2: Once you have your GV number, I recommend removing any voicemails on your Verizon voicemail mailbox.
Step 3: On Google Voice on your computer click on the gear icon and open settings. Uncheck the boxes for forwarding,
Click on Groups & Circles.
Click on the edit button for all contacts and uncheck the boxes labeled Ring my: Mobile (or landline) and Google Talk.
Click on the edit button for anonymous callers and uncheck those boxes too. The reason for this is to make sure callers
are sent straight to voicemail if you don't pick up.
Check attachments for what to uncheck.
Step 4: Download and install Google Voice from the play store. :/ can't link it.
Step 5: I like to use the default dialer and my own cell minutes for outgoing calls, but if you want to use your GV number
for outgoing calls you can select that.
Check attachments for options.
Step 6: Now you are going to change your voicemail to Google Voice in the dialer app. Open the dialer, hit the menu button and tap settings,
tap voicemail, tap Service and choose Google Voice. You will see a warning, ignore it for now because we'll take care of
that in the next step.
Step 7: Now you are going to dial some phone numbers to set up the forward on no answer system. Where you see [GV number]
Insert the phone number Google gave you. When you dial these numbers Verizon will automatically hang up on you... jerks.
Numbers to dial:
*71[GV Number]
*90[GV Number]
*92[GV Number]
Step 8: You should now have Google Voice set up so that whenever anybody calls you and it would normally go to Verizon's voicemail
service they will now automatically be forwarded to Google Voice and leave a voicemail there. Go and test it with another
phone.
Steps to remove Google Voice. If for whatever reason you want to remove Google Voice and use Verizon's voicemail just follow these steps.
Step 1: You have already disabled forwarding in Google Voice. This feature sends callers from your GV number to any forwarding phones you set.
Step 2: Open the android dialer, hit the menu button, scroll down to Voicemail, tap it, tap services, and choose your carrier/verizon depending on your rom.
Step 3: Dial *73. Doing this removes the call forwarding settings we did earlier. Dial *86 to make sure you can connect to your voicemail.
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so question.. does this mean you will never receive a direct phone call and just have a bunch of voice messages?
kidhudi said:
so question.. does this mean you will never receive a direct phone call and just have a bunch of voice messages?
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Nope, when you dial the 3 numbers in step 7 you change the default action on no answer. By default Verizon sends a no answer phone call to the Verizon voicemail service and when you dial the 3 numbers you change that action to instead forward to GV's voicemail service.
thanks bro i will test it out. peace
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I've used googe voice for over a year and love it. You can have transcripts of your voicemails forwarded to your e-mail (though they aren't always accurate). I have found that if someone gets to your vzw mailbox somehow, you have to deactivate GV to get to your vzw mailbox.
Not really sure what the point of a guide is, though... if I remember right, google voice walks you through and sets everything up for you, so there isn't a need for the steps to not forward an answer system and all that jazz. I think i only had to call one number to have it all set up.
Google voice is awesome. I have been using it for a few years now. I never have to listen to a voicemail again.
I love how Google transcribes the message for me. Its not always 100% accurate but I get the gist of it.
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Yup, Google Voice made things easier now. :good:
Trying this out now, OP. I hope it works since I have had Google Voice for a while, but just got a Verizon phone and it wouldn't let me link the accounts before.
Edit: This definitely works!
One thing I really like about it and have been using it for years, in setup it will ask you if you want to use your mobile number, or your gv number, or you can set it to ask you each time. I have it ask, as that prevents accidental dialing. I have it send the transcribed messages to my sms, but they are seldom accurate, but accurate enough that I get the idea of what the call is like lol. It's 2013 google, transcription should be darn near 100%.......jmo.
Glenn
When this fowards to your google voice does it use your minutes?
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mikec86 said:
When this fowards to your google voice does it use your minutes?
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Yes, unfortunately. The only way to get around using minutes on is to use a 3rd party dialer for GV like GrooveIP or Talkatone.
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When this fowards to your google voice does it use your minutes?
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I'm not exactly sure about minutes usage. I haven't been able to find any solid information about it, but voicemails are generally 1-5 mins. I do know that it uses data when you listen to the voicemails because the GV app downloads the voice mails and transcripts from GV servers. With the low quality of voice phone calls I wouldn't worry abut using too much data.
My actual phone usage isn't that much, and I'm on a family plan with a shared 700 minutes, I use much more data (grandfathered into unlimited 4G) and text messages (unlimited).
You might also want to enable 'do not disturb' in google voice. That way your calls will be forwarded to your voicemails much much faster.
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You might also want to enable 'do not disturb' in google voice. That way your calls will be forwarded to your voicemails much much faster.
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When you do step 3 you disable all forwarding and just set GV to send everyone to voicemail. Might want to change this if you want to use GV for more than visual voice mail... but that's all I wanted out of it.
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When this fowards to your google voice does it use your minutes?
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Any calls on Google voice use your minutes (both incoming and outgoing). Unless you use a SIP client. So I take issue with the original post saying you can change to not using your minutes, because you can't. I've been using Google voice for several years. I hope they add it yo Babel ASAP... Would love to finally be able to get pictures via GV.
rockingondrums said:
Any calls on Google voice use your minutes (both incoming and outgoing). Unless you use a SIP client. So I take issue with the original post saying you can change to not using your minutes, because you can't. I've been using Google voice for several years. I hope they add it yo Babel ASAP... Would love to finally be able to get pictures via GV.
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Slightly incorrect. Incoming/Outgoing calls using your GV # can be made over WiFi only using GrooveIP, so depending on your environment, there's always the possibility you may not use any of your minutes.
Additionally, the functionality to receive MMS through GV has been available for over a year now, as the MMS goes to the Gmail account your GV # is associated with.
rockingondrums said:
Any calls on Google voice use your minutes (both incoming and outgoing). Unless you use a SIP client. So I take issue with the original post saying you can change to not using your minutes, because you can't. I've been using Google voice for several years. I hope they add it yo Babel ASAP... Would love to finally be able to get pictures via GV.
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While that is true if you don't set it up following my directions but if you do follow them you won't use GV for calls, only for voicemail. It will use the default android dialer to place and receive calls. If you don't pick up, it is automatically forwarded and as far as I know call forwarding is included with verizon plans.
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One thing I really like about it and have been using it for years, in setup it will ask you if you want to use your mobile number, or your gv number, or you can set it to ask you each time. I have it ask, as that prevents accidental dialing. I have it send the transcribed messages to my sms, but they are seldom accurate, but accurate enough that I get the idea of what the call is like lol. It's 2013 google, transcription should be darn near 100%.......jmo.
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To be fair, in ideal conditions, speech recognition is pretty good. Try the google voice typing, it's pretty impressive, but that's only under ideal situations, ie, quiet room, speaking clearly into the mic.
Now to transcribe a voicemail, which probably has lots of background noise, slurred together words, add in some umms and ahhhs, i'm actually pretty impressed at what comes out of transcription, since a lot of the times even I couldn't understand what the other person said on the voicemail.
Got it working thanks bro.
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oilfighter said:
To be fair, in ideal conditions, speech recognition is pretty good. Try the google voice typing, it's pretty impressive, but that's only under ideal situations, ie, quiet room, speaking clearly into the mic.
Now to transcribe a voicemail, which probably has lots of background noise, slurred together words, add in some umms and ahhhs, i'm actually pretty impressed at what comes out of transcription, since a lot of the times even I couldn't understand what the other person said on the voicemail.
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Please know that you can always play the actual voice mail recording if the transcription was bad. I have been using google voice since it was in beta testing and the transcripts have always been poor.
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Hello Everyone,
Since everyone is so hyped about the new Voice integration with hangouts and more specifically, we finally have the ability to make outgoing call without using 3rd party programs, still no MMS with the google voice number but the outgoing calling alone is awesome.
Anyway, since this is XDA and the new functionality gives XDA's plenty of money saving ideas I'm certain of that, here goes.
HANGOUTS & GOOGLE VOICE = 1.6 MB PER HOUR OF CALLING
DISCLAIMER
That is an amazingly low amount of data! I ran this test making a 3 minutes phone using my nexus 5 on LTE. It's by far not a scientific test but a very good estimate of how much data you can save making calls with GOOGLE VOICE THRU HANGOUTS. I'm sure you 30$ a month 5GB t-mobile people can put this to good use, I know I will! (Goodbye stupid deadzones in Brooklyn College ) Finally us Nexus 5 owners have a more legitimate way of making WiFi calls since T-mobile ditched us on that one. I'm plenty excited about all of this! What do you guys think? How will you be using the new outgoing calls feature?
LASTLY
The updated hangouts apk is below in case you didn't get the update yet like me. enjoy!
I am so anxious for this integration. I've already got the new apk and dialer installed, now I keep checking Hangouts for the popup to integrate SMS and voicemail from GV into hangouts. Wish there was a way to force it like the search for OK Google Everywhere.
WisdomWolf said:
I am so anxious for this integration. I've already got the new apk and dialer installed, now I keep checking Hangouts for the popup to integrate SMS and voicemail from GV into hangouts. Wish there was a way to force it like the search for OK Google Everywhere.
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Same, although my rom still has CM Voice+ and it's still handling the integration quite well. I currently use Groove Forwarder from the play store to switch my GV forwarding based on location. I'm very curious if it will still be functional once I'm integrated, as currently, I don't see any options in the new Hangouts app to determine what number rings. If it stays this way, I'll end up getting double rings (dialer & Hangouts) when someone calls my GV number.
adrman said:
Same, although my rom still has CM Voice+ and it's still handling the integration quite well. I currently use Groove Forwarder from the play store to switch my GV forwarding based on location. I'm very curious if it will still be functional once I'm integrated, as currently, I don't see any options in the new Hangouts app to determine what number rings. If it stays this way, I'll end up getting double rings (dialer & Hangouts) when someone calls my GV number.
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I have the same double ring problem. I'd like to see an option to only accept/make Hangouts calls over wifi because I use Llama to disable the cell radio when on wifi at home (because the cell signal is very poor and it drains my battery very fast and also because I have a Ting "metered" plan and trying to keep usage as low as possible -- basically on cell only when away from home, wifi otherwise). I currently use the older version of GrooveIP, but was hoping to be able to move to Hangouts.
WisdomWolf said:
I am so anxious for this integration. I've already got the new apk and dialer installed, now I keep checking Hangouts for the popup to integrate SMS and voicemail from GV into hangouts. Wish there was a way to force it like the search for OK Google Everywhere.
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Me too, I keep thinking that maybe I did something wrong and I'm being left out, but Google's just rolling the server-side changes out slowly, I've read. Such anxiety
This actually works for every Android device that can use hangouts/google voice too. Right now I have it on my Galaxy Player, and it works great. I'm glad that Google finally integrated google voice, because it makes things a lot easier lol. I'm surprised that this isn't getting a lot of news.
We still need the GV app to send texts, right? Or am I missing something and it's possible to text using your GV number from the Hangouts app?
sirxdroid said:
We still need the GV app to send texts, right? Or am I missing something and it's possible to text using your GV number from the Hangouts app?
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I'm checking on it right now, but it seems that you don't need the GV app anymore. You should be able to text using your GV number in hangouts. I'm setting mine up right now.
Here's the topic that google created to set up GV with Hangouts. I ran into a problem where I had to disconnect hangouts in gmail, and then reconnect it to see the Google Voice option in the settings.
https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/6023920?hl=en&ref_topic=3187124
obscuresword said:
I'm checking on it right now, but it seems that you don't need the GV app anymore. You should be able to text using your GV number in hangouts. I'm setting mine up right now.
Here's the topic that google created to set up GV with Hangouts. I ran into a problem where I had to disconnect hangouts in gmail, and then reconnect it to see the Google Voice option in the settings.
https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/6023920?hl=en&ref_topic=3187124
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Ah, thanks. They don't make it easy to find. Same deal with the Hangouts Dialer, jumping through many hoops to set it all up. I guess they don't want to piss off the carriers just yet.
obscuresword said:
I ran into a problem where I had to disconnect hangouts in gmail, and then reconnect it to see the Google Voice option in the settings.
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By disconnect do you mean sign or and then sign back in?
OK, more help needed: how do I switch the number and SMS is sent from when starting a new conversation? I like the "smart reply" option, but sometimes I want to send from the GV number, other times from my cell number (in particular for MMS).
adrman said:
By disconnect do you mean sign or and then sign back in?
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By disconnect I mean reverting back to the original chat in gmail, then going back to hangouts.
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sirxdroid said:
Ah, thanks. They don't make it easy to find. Same deal with the Hangouts Dialer, jumping through many hoops to set it all up. I guess they don't want to piss off the carriers just yet.
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Nope also to answer your Google voice question further when trying to access or send message you get this screen. However, I had to unchecked merge messages to even get it to send with hangouts lol.
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obscuresword said:
By disconnect I mean reverting back to the original chat in gmail, then going back to hangouts.
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That did the trick!
hangout issue
Hey has anyone had the issue where hangout calls connects, but you get can't hear anything. Basically only one end of the line gets sound for some reason. each time i had to hang up and try again.
I haven't on the 2 test calls I made. Any suspicions as to why its happening?
Whats your OS or ROM, Phone, Network, what was your coverage like. Wifi or mobile network.
The more info the better
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Not working for me, still using cell minutes when making calls
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Edit: I think I figured it out, if I use the phone dialer it asks if I want to use Google voice, it uses minutes, if I skip it and use the hangouts dialer no minutes. So do I need GV installed at all?
Don't need Voicemail on GV, I can use T-Mobile Visual Voicemail.
in order to receive wifi calls there is box to check in settings plus
in google voice settings [web page] I had to stop google from forwarding my google # to my phone [uncheck nexus 5]
this keeps google from forwarding the call twice and keeps the native dialer blocking the hangouts dialer
I'm on wifi 95% of the time so this should lower my $12 Ting bill to $9 on a normal month.
norwoodesteel said:
in order to receive wifi calls there is box to check in settings plus
in google voice settings [web page] I had to stop google from forwarding my google # to my phone [uncheck nexus 5]
this keeps google from forwarding the call twice and keeps the native dialer blocking the hangouts dialer
I'm on wifi 95% of the time so this should lower my $12 Ting bill to $9 on a normal month.
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How is Ting. My friend recommended me to get it, but I don't know it I want that or Republic Wireless lo. Also did you figure out how to send SMS with Hangouts via Google Voice?
Theres actually a setting telling you to activate the sms thru hangouts.
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