If you have a Google voice number like me, you are probably sad that all the third party apps that enabled VoIP using Google voice on android have stopped working. Like grooveip and talkatone.
Well here is a good news.. You can use VoIP calls from your android device. You need to do two things
1) Enable hangouts instead on talk in gmail.
2) Download opera browser (any browser that can fake a desktop UA might work. I use opera)
Now, change the user agent to desktop in opera browser and call using hangouts in gmail like you usually do on a PC and it works!!!
If you already knew this, good for you. I didn't and I just found out so I am sharing an option till Google releases full hangouts Google voice integration.
Enjoy!
EDIT: if you are logged in and opera is running in the background, you can even receive calls to your Google voice number!!!
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Trying this now. Amazing if this works.
Thanks, this works with Opera on my tablet. It doesn't work in Chrome, even with the "request desktop site" option checked. But I expected that, since I tried it a while ago. Not sure if Firefox would work, but I'll use Opera for this. Navigating the hangouts interface is clumsy to say the least, but it's nice to have the option.
Thanks for the tip, but as expected, Google has totally hosed the Voice app. You can no longer make calls over Wifi on android so its totally useless for that. The other functions of the app are clunky and difficult. Way to flush a good idea Google.
DigitalMD said:
Thanks for the tip, but as expected, Google has totally hosed the Voice app. You can no longer make calls over Wifi on android so its totally useless for that. The other functions of the app are clunky and difficult. Way to flush a good idea Google.
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I am just patiently waiting for hangouts integration..
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facebook messanger has voip.
does this still work?
i used to use it like two weeks ago on a Nexus 7 (2012), with Opera.
But then I broke my tablet and got a new Nexus 7 (2013).
Now it's asking me to download the hangouts plugin.
I gave up on phone and using Google Voice voip as my number.
This is really frustrating when I'm not in front of my PC.
MO + app still works from play store
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Does anybody know of a good messenger for Android that is better than Palringo in the following ways?
- solid instant messaging
- push to talk style / walkie talkie style voice chat
- able to voice chat with users of other platforms
I would love what Palringo is supposed to be (and what it was on Windows Mobile) but it's just not getting any better on Android.
For now, I am using Tikl Touch to Talk and the Trillian beta. But Tikl doesn't support enough platforms (yet) and it doesn't save the voice messages from you and friends so you can play them back.
I heard Beejive JUST came out for Android. But paying $9.99 for a messenger kinda stinks especially when it too doesn't support all the platforms that friends of mine use. But, I would buy this one if I had to if someone would just tell me if it's "voice notes" feature feels walkie talkie style (do they play when you get them, is it pretty quick to send them? Does it FEEL like walkie talkie? Is it fast?)
So, any suggestions would be appreciated. I just want what Palringo was on Windows Mobile and Windows. Push to talk with history that virtually always works but feels like push to talk and not click to record, click to stop, click to listen). I would pay if I had to but would of course prefer a free app but any app that does things things would be greatly appreciated.
Does anybody know of such an app?
Download TIKL for walkie talkie. Beejive is great even though the price is steep. I think with beejive you have to manually play vice memos. I don't use it for voice memos.
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IM+ http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=im&platform=android
The Pro version costs only $4.95.
Trillian is great and is in a free beta right now
Oh man trillian has been great so far; it handles a bunch of accounts perfectly and the continue to develop it frequently.
+1 for Trillian. It's my IM program of choice on the PC, and the Android version is stellar!
Ebuddy
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Been using Trillian and like it, the battery use seems good as it takes advantage of Google’s C2DM service...
I also like eBuddy; anyone know if it uses Google’s C2DM service also? Just wondering, C2DM should offer better battery, right?
FYI- I'm sure someone already mentioned this, but an updated version of Trillian was released yesterday (can't post links yet) w w w. trillian. im/get/android/
jten9 said:
Been using Trillian and like it, the battery use seems good as it takes advantage of Google’s C2DM service...
I also like eBuddy; anyone know if it uses Google’s C2DM service also? Just wondering, C2DM should offer better battery, right?
FYI- I'm sure someone already mentioned this, but an updated version of Trillian was released yesterday (can't post links yet) w w w. trillian. im/get/android/
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Trillian doesnt use C2DM...It still runs in the background...
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Trillian doesnt use C2DM...It still runs in the background...
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You are right, Trillian definitely runs in the background...
I just was repeating what they mentioned in their blog-
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=1612
It says there it uses C2DM. If it doesn't they should change that blog entry...
Try imo. The best one in my opinion, all the others always force close or sign you off our won't even let you sign on.
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I prefer trillian beta for IM. I always keep the battery saving mode (which simply says that it polls less, not that it doesn't poll at all) on and still IM just fine. It's also one of the few free IM apps that does facebook chat decently.
eBuddy kept showing me contacts that I had either blocked or deleted a long time ago on msn for some reason.
imo.im decided to not allow me to see IM's from one of my contacts, and when i asked them about it, they ran me through the usual steps for troubleshooting apps: logout/login, logout then clear data then login, logout then clear data then uninstall then reinstall then login, but when it still didn't work they stopped contacting me.
Posting here for anyone who camps Roe's threads (like me) lol
(pre cursor- uninstall google voice first, I didn't have it installed but some people did)
Steps I took
on my evo fully installed voice (switched roms recently didn't have it installed)
used Titanium to back up the app
Copied the 3 files to my titanium folder on the g tab
Restored the app
Lauched google voice. Got to where it said configure inbox then went back back back back to exit
inbox popped right up.
YMMV
Thanks for the confirmation!!! Looks like I finally have a serious reason to root my N1, I feel so behind the times.
Are you saying that should I do this, I'd be able to text from my GTab?
If so, please elaborate. I've never used Google Voice, but will if I can text from my tab. That'd be crazy awesome.
(Got a HTC Hero CDMA, rooted, stock ROM. GTab is running TnT 2.2, if any of that matters.)
Google Voice update
After yesterdays (12/8/10) update to GV. The entire app almost works now on the G-Tab. You can even "skip" the voicemail setup and get it working about 90%...just no VOIP calling yet
Ok. I'll download that from the market. Do I sign up online with my existing cell number?
How did you skip the VM setup... I couldn't skip this after the update...
thx
***nevermind --- I re-read the 1st post... :]
Works just as described. Texting works like a charm. Thanks.
No real work is required to get this up and running. Just install Google Voice via the marketplace and run it. I already had a Google Voice account, and when prompted I just told the setup program that the G-Tablet was my home phone or something. No problem texting or listening to voice mail.
Does anybody have voice calling on the G-Tab through SIP?
zerozed99 said:
No real work is required to get this up and running. Just install Google Voice via the marketplace and run it. I already had a Google Voice account, and when prompted I just told the setup program that the G-Tablet was my home phone or something. No problem texting or listening to voice mail.
Does anybody have voice calling on the G-Tab through SIP?
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Awesome, thanks for the tip. I got it working too!
damn, i love this thing.
thnk there'll be post christmas sales or should i grab another now.
and thanks OP!
Some reason I can receive txt, but can't send from the tablet. Any suggestions?
i search "google voice" in market, but couldn't find application. anybody experience the same?
Moved to general
I searched and I don't think this has been covered here yet
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.desktopsms&feature=order_history
http://lifehacker.com/5827451/desksms-is-the-best-phone+to+desktop-sms-solution-weve-seen-yet
I used to use syncsms and while it was good it sometimes would just not work, and it utilized dropbox which I wasn't a fan of. This is awesome and uses google chat or email. All I did was create a new gmail just for this purpose and keep google talk logged into it on my tablet. Just wanted to share the wealth and all props goes to Koush who also developed RomManager, man that guy is awesome.
i love this app with the Chrome extension, but found that it was cluttering up my gchat contact list with people's phone numbers as contacts. To fix I set the app to only send emails and filter them in Gmail. I like the idea of setting up a separate email address to handle that issue.
I take it you have to side load on the TF? Market shows incompatible for TF but good for my N1
You install the app on your phone, then i use google talk to receive the messages on the transformer. The app just forwards the messages
Bliger241 said:
You install the app on your phone, then i use google talk to receive the messages on the transformer. The app just forwards the messages
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Ah OK, got it thanks.
I use textab for this feature. Works very well.
I dont like using Bluetooth, and this way they don't need to be near eachother to work in case I forget my phone
TextTab does work well when I was using the beta, only thing I wish it did was enable upon boot. I always forget to enable it after phone or tablet boot up.
I use SynSMS except like mentioned it's not always reliable.
I like this DeskSMS so far. I can get rid of Mighty Text and SyncSMS and replace with one app.
Also with this as with SyncSMS, I can leave my phone home and on while out of the country and still get my SMS.
I use the google voice app on my transformer. It is the same as on my ATRIX. I can text and read and listen to voicemails.
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moehagene said:
I use the google voice app on my transformer. It is the same as on my ATRIX. I can text and read and listen to voicemails.
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Yes but this let you use your cell phone #not a separate google voice #
baseballfanz said:
TextTab does work well when I was using the beta, only thing I wish it did was enable upon boot. I always forget to enable it after phone or tablet boot up.
I use SynSMS except like mentioned it's not always reliable.
I like this DeskSMS so far. I can get rid of Mighty Text and SyncSMS and replace with one app.
Also with this as with SyncSMS, I can leave my phone home and on while out of the country and still get my SMS.
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I'm not quite sure how to use desksms....I downloaded it to my phone...then I put in my google account....had check boxed the gmail and google chat boxes....but nothing happens when I send an sms...I did the "test sms" from the app and it came to my phone....but that was it...nothing on the tablet...
what SMS client to I install to my tablet?
So the app can send sms, eh - that somehow worries me.
I just use google talk on my tablet to get the messages and you can respond through gtalk also
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I'm not quite sure how to use desksms....I downloaded it to my phone...then I put in my google account....had check boxed the gmail and google chat boxes....but nothing happens when I send an sms...I did the "test sms" from the app and it came to my phone....but that was it...nothing on the tablet...
what SMS client to I install to my tablet?
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Nothing is install on the tablet, it forward your sms to Google Talk.
It work for me at first but now it does not forward amy sms to my google talk.
It does sync with my Chrome extension
mine still works, I also have the google talk desktop program and get it through there too
So if i use google voice there's no reason to use this right?
nope..not really
edit: as long as you sideload google voice onto the tablet
emmur0 said:
i love this app with the Chrome extension, but found that it was cluttering up my gchat contact list with people's phone numbers as contacts. To fix I set the app to only send emails and filter them in Gmail. I like the idea of setting up a separate email address to handle that issue.
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Yeah I have a seperate email address, but the thing is i have to log out of my main account to use desksms which seems annoying as everything google is the phone's email and i have nothing but email setup. how did you setup your filters?
Textab FTW
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Textab FTW
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This uses bluetooth right?
I'm looking for a good VoIP app for my Verizon Galaxy S3. Google Voice isn't an option, as it still uses minutes.
I've tried out Vonage, which has free data calling right now, but it seems clunky to me and doesn't play so nice with bluetooth (may be due to CM 10.1 ROM though).
Other VoIP apps I've seen are Talkatone, SipDroid, CSipSimple. Anyone have experience with these apps, or have a recommendation? Thanks.
anacree said:
I'm looking for a good VoIP app for my Verizon Galaxy S3. Google Voice isn't an option, as it still uses minutes.
I've tried out Vonage, which has free data calling right now, but it seems clunky to me and doesn't play so nice with bluetooth (may be due to CM 10.1 ROM though).
Other VoIP apps I've seen are Talkatone, SipDroid, CSipSimple. Anyone have experience with these apps, or have a recommendation? Thanks.
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I use Google Voice in conjunction with Groove IP in order to make VOIP calls with my Google Voice number. This won't use any minutes. You can find Groove IP in the Play store.
There is a lot of apps. I use Skype on my PC because almost everybody has, and you can talk for free. But when I call to my girlfriend in UK use Smartgroschen
Spare Phone in conjunction with Google Voice has worked better for me than GrooveIP or Talkatone. It is a VOIP app even though it works together with Google Voice. I use it overseas where my phone survives off wifi only.
I see they recently updated it though and changed up the way it works in order to be in compliance with Google's new policy on the voice api (requires you to register for a free IPKall number which you add to Google voices forwarding numbers). Supposedly, quality has improved as a result. I'm still using the older version until it eventually gets blocked because quality has never been an issue for me. It's always worked better than the other for me.
If you have a Google voice number like me, you are probably sad that all the third party apps that enabled VoIP using Google voice on android have stopped working. Like grooveip and talkatone.
Well here is a good news.. You can use VoIP calls from your android device. You need to do two things
1) Enable hangouts instead on talk in gmail
2) Download opera browser (any browser that can fake a desktop UA might work. I use opera)
Now, change the user agent to desktop in opera browser and call using hangouts in gmail like you usually do on a PC and it works!!!
If you already knew this, good for you. I didn't and I just found out so I am sharing an option till Google releases full hangouts Google voice integration.
Enjoy!
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RK said:
If you have a Google voice number like me, you are probably sad that all the third party apps that enabled VoIP using Google voice on android have stopped working. Like grooveip and talkatone.
Well here is a good news.. You can use VoIP calls from your android device. You need to do two things
1) Enable hangouts instead on talk in gmail
2) Download opera browser (any browser that can fake a desktop UA might work. I use opera)
Now, change the user agent to desktop in opera browser and call using hangouts in gmail like you usually do on a PC and it works!!!
If you already knew this, good for you. I didn't and I just found out so I am sharing an option till Google releases full hangouts Google voice integration.
Enjoy!
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Does this only work in Opera browser or other browsers as well?
I have been looking for alternate routes for Voip...
RK said:
If you have a Google voice number like me, you are probably sad that all the third party apps that enabled VoIP using Google voice on android have stopped working. Like grooveip and talkatone.
Well here is a good news.. You can use VoIP calls from your android device. You need to do two things
1) Enable hangouts instead on talk in gmail
2) Download opera browser (any browser that can fake a desktop UA might work. I use opera)
Now, change the user agent to desktop in opera browser and call using hangouts in gmail like you usually do on a PC and it works!!!
If you already knew this, good for you. I didn't and I just found out so I am sharing an option till Google releases full hangouts Google voice integration.
Enjoy!
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Thanks. I am especially bitter about this issue as I reside abroad and came to depend on Google voice.
I hope they rather, and soon, integrate features into hangouts for it. The fact they haven't is annoying.
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