Hi,
now that Gmail added (on the desktop version) the possibility to make a call to a land line in real voip, I was wondering if there was a way to use this "call" option directly from our Captivate.
I would like to be able to call people thru Google Voice without using my call plan but only use my data plan (I still have unlimited data).
Thanks
There is an app called Google Voice.
mwxiao said:
There is an app called Google Voice.
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Thanks, for the info, I know that, but this app call you back and use your voice plan. I'm looking for a way to use a way do go full VOIP with gvoice like you can fin on your pc/mac when you open your browser on gmail.com a look under "chat" you will have a "call" button.
Try it
I think google is to afraid of alienating carriers, which would alienate manufacturers, to try that just yet.
Saw an article today describing how to setup Google Voice to allow you to transfer a call you receive via Google Voice to the Gmail Chat call function. However, it requires that you have Gmail open in a browser on your computer.
Overall it can save you some cell phone call minutes, but it may not be the solution you are looking for.
Hey guys I havent been able to find anything current as if this was possible on android device.. I have JB IP4 and im using google voice sms through bitesms as my native app using the sms google voice extension. The way it works is that when the google voice app sends a push notification on the phone the google voice sms extension catches the push notification and sends it through bitesms as a normal sms. That way I was able to ditch the unlimited sms plan from ATT. Is something like that possible on android? Thats huge for me since 20 bucks a months is a damn ripoff. And i do lots and lots of txting lol. Thanks for any info =)
I've been an SMS GV Extensions user since it launched and finally bought an Android phone last week.
I took it for granted that Android would either do this already or be able to do this more easily (iOS required a jailbreak), but I instead find that you can only integrate incoming messages with the native Android messaging app and there doesn't seem to be a solution even with rooting your phone. This is disappointing, to say the least.
The fact that the Android GV app has an option in integrate inbound messages with the native messaging application but not outbound implies that is is a deliberate decision on Google's part because it is an obvious feature that is only half implemented. It is probably less a concern with cutting into the carriers' SMS revenue and more to do with constraining use of the service (Google has taken actions to curb heavy use in the past). If it integrated seemlessly, people would use it more.
This is something Google is just going to have to get over if they hope to remain competitive. There is some hope in that the new iMessaging that integrates with text messaging on iOS will put competitive pressure on them to do something similar with Android.
I will be first in line!
Psst... if anyone has found a way that I am unaware of despite constant searching in the past week, please advise us in this thread!
Google Voice Integration App?
I have not used this personally, and am in no way associated with the developer, but I found this app when searching for this exact functionality today. My Nexus S is currently integrated with GV on Sprint, so I have no way of actually testing whether this works or not, but if it does, its definitely worth $0.99!
I've been contemplating a switch to Verizon because of Sprint's slow network speeds, and would do so if I could have this functionality. If anyone has tried it, please provide feedback.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.MDRTools.GVMI2&hl=en
kashah said:
I have not used this personally, and am in no way associated with the developer, but I found this app when searching for this exact functionality today. My Nexus S is currently integrated with GV on Sprint, so I have no way of actually testing whether this works or not, but if it does, its definitely worth $0.99!
I've been contemplating a switch to Verizon because of Sprint's slow network speeds, and would do so if I could have this functionality. If anyone has tried it, please provide feedback.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.MDRTools.GVMI2&hl=en
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I just tried that app about 20 minutes ago. It shows promise. If you compose a message using the native SMS app it will send via Google Voice.
However, it doesn't integrate incoming messages. If you use GV's built in text forwarding, messages will come from your contact's alias (406, 973, etc) number. Also, you won't see messages you've sent using the Google Voice app or website in the native client.
I refunded it but I'll definitely buy again after improvements are made.
check out the google voice sms integration app on the market.
just search for mdrtools and u will find it.
I have been a google voice user since it was GrandCentral and an Android user since the Tmobile G1 (i even pre-ordered it). It's ridiculous that despite it being a google app/service there is no true full integration with android. it's great that there are apps that can integrate text messaging but they are all lacking. When setting up calls, Clicking "place all calls from google voice" in the google voice app get the job done but a banner comes across the screen that says using google voice and sometimes dialing from that times out (I think that's what is happening)and i have to use my phone's real number then. Is there any app or rom that has True google voice integration, when i say true i mean that if when i use my phone i cant tell that its using google voice (no banners, or special messages for calls) and texting from native text messaging apps in seamlessly connected to google voice? Somethign like having a setting where u just check use google voice number for all phone services. Does anyone have any solutions? I am all ears.
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I have been a google voice user since it was GrandCentral and an Android user since the Tmobile G1 (i even pre-ordered it). It's ridiculous that despite it being a google app/service there is no true full integration with android. it's great that there are apps that can integrate text messaging but they are all lacking. When setting up calls, Clicking "place all calls from google voice" in the google voice app get the job done but a banner comes across the screen that says using google voice and sometimes dialing from that times out (I think that's what is happening)and i have to use my phone's real number then. Is there any app or rom that has True google voice integration, when i say true i mean that if when i use my phone i cant tell that its using google voice (no banners, or special messages for calls) and texting from native text messaging apps in seamlessly connected to google voice? Somethign like having a setting where u just check use google voice number for all phone services. Does anyone have any solutions? I am all ears.
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I agree with you. I am a heavy Voice user and would love to know more about how I can enhance my experience. I'm using a Galaxy Nexus, and even so, the Google Voice app is not as fluid as I expect it should be. Sometimes it's choppy.
Hi,
Does anyone know if a Sprint Visual Voicemail App exists for the Nexus 5? I know I can use Google Voice, but I just don't like it. I have tried one 3rd party application, YouMail, but I didn't like that one either, it seemed to "heavy".
T-Mobile has a NICE visual voicemail system, I really like theirs.
I was thinking Sprint would have their own dedicated one, but that Sprint chat support has no idea what I am talking about and keep giving me weird directions to just setup regular voicemail, not visual voicemail.
Thanks in advance,
Greg
No. I bothered Sprint Support on twitter and they gave me a no.
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No. I bothered Sprint Support on twitter and they gave me a no.
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Damn... Was looking forward to it...
Well does anyone suggest a 3rd party app that seems light, good, and free?
Google voice
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Google voice
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Yeah, as I said in my first post, I don't really like Google Voice. I guess I'll just have to try out each app in the play store one by one until I find out what I like.
Thanks for your suggestions though, it is much appreciated!
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Yeah, as I said in my first post, I don't really like Google Voice. I guess I'll just have to try out each app in the play store one by one until I find out what I like.
Thanks for your suggestions though, it is much appreciated!
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Most of the ones in the play store, like Visual Voicemail, requires you to set up call forwarding for missed calls to their VOIP services. I felt uncomfortable with companies I never heard of having access to all my voicemails, contact info, etc.
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Most of the ones in the play store, like Visual Voicemail, requires you to set up call forwarding for missed calls to their VOIP services. I felt uncomfortable with companies I never heard of having access to all my voicemails, contact info, etc.
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Ahh. Thanks for the insight on this one. I didn't even think about that.
Yeah, thats not cool at all...
Damn, hopefully Sprint can come up with something, I hate dialing and listening to the slow ass computer lady before hearing a message!
Somehow I doubt Sprint will work on anything since they already support free Google Voice integration using your native Sprint number. So, unofficially, Google Voice is your Sprint Visual Voicemail. With the GV app, voice mail even integrates in to your call log.
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HenryDCase said:
Somehow I doubt Sprint will work on anything since they already support free Google Voice integration using your native Sprint number. So, unofficially, Google Voice is your Sprint Visual Voicemail. With the GV app, voice mail even integrates in to your call log.
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
Use YouMail. Been using it on Sprint since gnex
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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Actually, if you open the GV app and select "Voicemail" from the top left drop down, Voicemail had it's own folder. The convince of also having full access to my voice mail and text messages on my phone, Nexus 7, and laptop, including bring able to send text messages from those devices makes GV worth it to me.
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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Yeah, I mean, I tried it. It just seemed to me, like Google was taking over my phone, IE the voicemail message, saying this Google subscriber canot come to the phone right now, I know I can customize that, but it made it seem like Google was taking the whole account of my phone and it just didnt sit well with me... Call me paranoid I guess :/
I liked the TMobile Visual Voicemail, its simplicity was nice, you just clicked on the voicemail, listened, done. Easy peasy
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OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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I personally dislike Google Voice for 3 reasons:
1) It's just flat out UGLY. The UI of the app is just not pleasant to look at and is in serious need of being updated to reflect Google's current design standards.
2) I don't like that it shows all my texts within the app. It makes no sense to me that they would even add texting functionality into a voicemail app. It's just totally unnecessary. I realize that I can disable SMS notifications in GV, but it's functionality that I don't want or need.
3) Why would I want to change my voicemail settings online and not within the app itself? It's completely inconvenient that I had to use a computer to remove the "press 1 to answer the g*dd*mn call" option that I found myself saddled with after activating GV for the first time. Ditto for the fact that I don't need an SMS message AND an email in addition to the GV notification when I get a voicemail, and the only option to change my notification settings is online. Why can't I just change all the settings right within the app?
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I personally dislike Google Voice for 3 reasons:
1) It's just flat out UGLY. The UI of the app is just not pleasant to look at and is in serious need of being updated to reflect Google's current design standards.
2) I don't like that it shows all my texts within the app. It makes no sense to me that they would even add texting functionality into a voicemail app. It's just totally unnecessary. I realize that I can disable SMS notifications in GV, but it's functionality that I don't want or need.
3) Why would I want to change my voicemail settings online and not within the app itself? It's completely inconvenient that I had to use a computer to remove the "press 1 to answer the g*dd*mn call" option that I found myself saddled with after activating GV for the first time. Ditto for the fact that I don't need an SMS message AND an email in addition to the GV notification when I get a voicemail, and the only option to change my notification settings is online. Why can't I just change all the settings right within the app?
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Why use a computer at all? Chrome, request desktop site, login to voice.google.com and change settings right on your phone.
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Why use a computer at all? Chrome, request desktop site, login to voice.google.com and change settings right on your phone.
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I'll give you that. I'd still much rather be able to change all the settings right within the app.
I know OP asked about Sprint VVM and is aware of GV, but my experience with GV and the Nexus 5 has been very good. Sprint has a good arrangement with Google but i only use GV for VVM. If you skip the first prompt, tell it never to dial with GV, and then tell it to act as your VVM and confirm, it very much blends into the phone.
I get a notification with info and the option to play from the notification drop down. The VM plays via the dialer (stock dialer used to call/answer). You can delete it/call back etc via the dialer. I almost never find myself in the GV app at all, and when i do its the VM folder and looks basically like any other vmail. My sprint VM message plays for the caller too.
At first i was very angry i couldnt get the sprint VVM app, but after about a day or 2 i was actually liking the integration into the dialer. Now i think id be bothered now by the Sprint VVM app.
As others pointed out my VM's follow me to other devices or just about any browser as well. Additionally its very easy to download your messages for backup (altho i think you can download them via the sprint VVM too).
If i have the time later maybe ill post creen shots of the step by step setup to get things the way i have it.
Sprint Visual Voicemail - flashable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577373
Anybody tested that yet ^^
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Anybody tested that yet ^^
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Crime -- I just noticed you posted this... Have you tried this yet?
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Anybody tested that yet ^^
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I just tried it, I may be doing something wrong, but it is not working for me... Hoping OP of that thread can assist me.
Decided not to go the Nexus/Pixel route..... I'm quite frankly tired of the insane prices and terrible features on the Google Phones. I've heard good things about the OP7 so decided to take a gamble. So far, I'm loving it.
Just have a few minor issues that maybe someone here can figure out?
I used Google Voice + Hangouts for SMS and "Chat". For some reason Hangouts will crash when I start typing a SMS. I've already tried to clear storage, re-install the app, check the permissions... everything looks like it should. It won't close on a Hangouts chat, only an SMS chat from within hangouts.
Is there anyway to get my Google Voice number to show up in the outbound of the Google Messaging app? I changed the phone number in the google messaging app to my Google Voice number but my actual device Phone# shows up on the other end and not the GVoice #.
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Decided not to go the Nexus/Pixel route..... I'm quite frankly tired of the insane prices and terrible features on the Google Phones. I've heard good things about the OP7 so decided to take a gamble. So far, I'm loving it.
Just have a few minor issues that maybe someone here can figure out?
I used Google Voice + Hangouts for SMS and "Chat". For some reason Hangouts will crash when I start typing a SMS. I've already tried to clear storage, re-install the app, check the permissions... everything looks like it should. It won't close on a Hangouts chat, only an SMS chat from within hangouts.
Is there anyway to get my Google Voice number to show up in the outbound of the Google Messaging app? I changed the phone number in the google messaging app to my Google Voice number but my actual device Phone# shows up on the other end and not the GVoice #.
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Try downloading carrier services in play store. You need that to use Google services on a carrier device. If you set up RCS, you'll forget all about hangout, everything's available within Google messages app including video chat.
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Try downloading carrier services in play store. You need that to use Google services on a carrier device. If you set up RCS, you'll forget all about hangout, everything's available within Google messages app including video chat.
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Can I set my outbound phone number to my Google Voice number in the Google Messaging app? It shows my actual phone number for my device and no one I know, knows it. Heck, even I had to look up what my actual phone number is because I don't ever use it, I always use my Google Voice #
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Can I set my outbound phone number to my Google Voice number in the Google Messaging app? It shows my actual phone number for my device and no one I know, knows it. Heck, even I had to look up what my actual phone number is because I don't ever use it, I always use my Google Voice #
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I used voice for 3 years, I don't know if you can still set up voice with your carrier number, but once you do, from what I remember you can set it up to ring your GV, when your number is called. I just checked, it's been a while since I've used GV, but they have updated the services. Find voice amoung the Google services, and you should be able to set it up.
usafle said:
Decided not to go the Nexus/Pixel route..... I'm quite frankly tired of the insane prices and terrible features on the Google Phones. I've heard good things about the OP7 so decided to take a gamble. So far, I'm loving it.
Just have a few minor issues that maybe someone here can figure out?
I used Google Voice + Hangouts for SMS and "Chat". For some reason Hangouts will crash when I start typing a SMS. I've already tried to clear storage, re-install the app, check the permissions... everything looks like it should. It won't close on a Hangouts chat, only an SMS chat from within hangouts.
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You need to enable the Phone permission.
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I used voice for 3 years, I don't know if you can still set up voice with your carrier number, but once you do, from what I remember you can set it up to ring your GV, when your number is called. I just checked, it's been a while since I've used GV, but they have updated the services. Find voice amoung the Google services, and you should be able to set it up.
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I think you've misunderstood. The new "Messages by Google app" that supports RCS..... it will only display my device actual phone number and NOT my Google Voice #. As I've been using GVoice since it's inception, no one (not even me) knows my actual Tmobile phone #... only my Google Voice #. I can't get the messages app to display / send / show my Google Voice # when I send an SMS through that app... it will display my device's phone #. I can't see of anyway to change it to "send from my Google Voice#" I've been searching the web and it seems like ALL GVoice users have the same issue and it is a persistent one. I guess until Google decides to allow it, there's no way I can use the Messages by Google app to send Texts, etc.
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You need to enable the Phone permission.
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Thanks! That was it... there was a bunch of permissions NOT selected in Hangouts. Once I enabled them all, no more crashing. Thank you again.