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A Google Voice Service is a telephony service that ...
- See: Google, Web Application, Analog Telephone Adapter, Telephony, Call Forwarding, Voicemail, Call Termination.
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2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice Retrieved:2016-9-14.
- Google Voice is a telephony service that provides call forwarding and voicemail services, voice and text messaging, as well as US and international call termination services for Google Account customers. The service was launched by Google on March 11, 2009, after the company had acquired the service GrandCentral. Google Voice provides a U.S. telephone number, chosen by the user from available numbers in selected area codes, free of charge to each user account. Calls to this number are forwarded to telephone numbers that each user must configure in the account web portal. Multiple destinations may be specified that ring simultaneously for incoming calls. Service establishment requires a United States telephone number. A user may answer and receive calls on any of the ringing phones as configured in the web portal. During a received call the user may switch between the configured telephones. Users may place outbound calls to domestic and international destinations. Calls may be initiated from any of the configured telephones, as well as from a mobile device app, or from the account portal. As of August 2011, users in many other countries also may place outbound calls from the web-based application to domestic and international phone numbers. Many other Google Voice services — such as voicemail, free text messaging, call history, conference calling, call screening, blocking of unwanted calls, and voice transcription to text of voicemail messages — are also available to . In terms of product integration, transcribed and audio voicemails, missed call notifications, and/or text messages can optionally be forwarded to an email account of the user's choice. Additionally, text messages can be sent and received via the familiar email or IM interface by reading and writing text messages in Gmail or by adding contact's phone numbers in Google Talk respectively (PC-to-Phone texting). Google Voice multi-way videoconferencing (with support for document sharing) is now integrated with Google+ Hangouts. The service is configured and maintained by the user in a web-based application, styled after Google's e-mail service, Gmail, or with Android and iOS apps on smart phones or tablets. Google Voice provides free PC-to-phone calling within the United States and Canada, and PC-to-PC voice and video calling worldwide between users of the Google+ Hangouts browser plugin (available for Windows, Intel-based Mac OS X, and Linux). Almost all domestic and outbound calls to the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) and Canada [1] are free from the U.S. and Canada, and $0.01 per minute from everywhere else. International calls are billed according to a schedule posted on the Google Voice website. , Google Voice had approximately 1.4 million users, of which 570,000 used the service 7 days a week. This number has risen markedly since Google made the transition of its Google Voice service from "invitation only" to be available to all Gmail subscribers in the United States. A Wired blog post quoted a figure of 3.5 million in 2013.
- ↑ A few domestic calls are also billed at $0.01 per minute.
- http://google.com/googlevoice/about.html
- QUOTE: Google Voice gives you one number for all of your phones — a phone number that is tied to you, not to a device or a location. Make and pick up calls, send and get texts, and read and listen to voicemails on your phone, tablet, or computer.
What you can do with Google Voice
- Text from your computer: Send text messages to up to five contacts at a time, straight from your computer's browser.
- Make voicemail as easy as email: Read transcriptions of your voicemails, add notes, download, and share voicemails.
- Customize your callers' experience: Screen calls and create personalized greetings for family, friends, or coworkers.
- Pick up calls from any phone: Choose to receive calls at home, work, or on your mobile phone, based on who's calling or when.
- Talk the way you want to: Make international and conference calls, block unwanted callers, and listen in on voicemails.
- QUOTE: Google Voice gives you one number for all of your phones — a phone number that is tied to you, not to a device or a location. Make and pick up calls, send and get texts, and read and listen to voicemails on your phone, tablet, or computer.