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Google mail new option "Call"

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.

[Q] Droid Incredible OMGB-6 Installed: No Google Voice?

So I am an avid google voice user, and I upgraded my incredible to the OMGB-6 ROM, and I don't know what's going on. There is no longer a Google Voice app in the Market (I guess it's not compatible with gingerbread yet) however every once and a while I will get a call from Google Voice that has the CORRECT caller ID and when I answer gives me all of those voicemail options. However, text messages arent going through at all, even though in my settings it is setup to forward the text messages to the phone. Please note that the account my phone is setup with is the same gmail account that I use to login to Google Voice.
What's going on here?
Thanks,
Max
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Visual VM

I downloaded the Visual VM app from the market, but it doesnt work. It installs, but I still get voicemails the traditional way where you have to call in. Anyone have any luck?

mikea3000 said:
I downloaded the Visual VM app from the market, but it doesnt work. It installs, but I still get voicemails the traditional way where you have to call in. Anyone have any luck?
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It wasn't working for me either yesterday on my slide. I wonder if it has something to do with the communication to T-Mobile. I went back to old trusty Google Voice...provides practically the same functions as visual voicmail, plus you can have the voicemails transcribed to text and can listen to the voicemails from the computer.

tmobile visual voicemail isn't great...I use youmail, and I love it. It's a free service, and the app has instructions on how to make it work...give it a try...
mm0

I believe you have to call up t-mobile.
They will add the android visual voicemail service for free.

Use Google Voice, honestly, the tmobile vm isn't too good.
Google voice is tied to your gmail account, so there's that too.

alternative google voice app?

I want to use MIUI on my note 2, but it makes google voice crash. are there any google voice alternative apps out there that can handle both texting and voicemail? I know fusion messenger can do texting but I don't believe it can do voicemail, so it's no good for me.

[Q] Sprint Visual Voicemail

Has anyone found a way to get Sprint's visual Voicemail working on cm11+? Because I tried it from other posts, and It doesn't connect.. or want to get any of my voicemails.

I use Google Voice... I don't recall anyone getting Sprint's VVM app to work - although there were a few that tried, sounds like you found that thread.

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I use Google Voice... I don't recall anyone getting Sprint's VVM app to work - although there were a few that tried, sounds like you found that thread.
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I had wanted to use google voice.. does it work the same way that Sprint Visual Voicemail does? Like in being able to play my voicemails from my sprint account, not my google voice account

ajws7036 said:
I had wanted to use google voice.. does it work the same way that Sprint Visual Voicemail does? Like in being able to play my voicemails from my sprint account, not my google voice account
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I've never used Sprint's Visual Voicemail, so I have no idea. I am not able to compare.
With Sprint however, you can easily enable/disable full Google Voice integration - so you can easily go back if you don't like it. This is different from other carriers, where you would have to port your number (or get a new number) to Google Voice to get the full benefits of the platform.