Google Voice for Mobile: What You Need to Know About It

This tool is a service for voicemail from Google that allows people to send text messages with zero cost, voicemail customization, read voicemail message transcript, and a lot more.

The voicemail service, which Google Voice required previously invites code for setup and now available to every Gmail user for free. So here’s what you need to know about google voice.

How to Use Google Voice?

When you register with Google Voice, you will be given a phone number linked to you with different locations and devices, working with VoIP lines, work phones, desk phones, and mobile phones. It will allow you to organize all of your phones with only a number, allowing you to customize what device will notify based on particular callers. While almost each of its features is free, some of its features can only be accessed if you have a paid account.

How Does This Tool Work?

Now that you know how to use Google Voice, we need to tackle what it can do. These are the following features that Google Voice is capable of:

Call routing
Affordable international calls
Voicemail transcripts
Setting specific phones to notify depending on who’s the caller
Call blocking
Conference calling
Switching phone while on a call
PC-to-PC video and voice call worldwide for free
PC-to-phone calls across North America for free
Call recording on Google Voice
Personalized voicemail greeting for a specific caller
Voicemail notification via SMS or email
Google Voice text messaging/Google Voice SMS for free
Listen to a voicemail before you answer a call

Setting Up Your Google Voice

If you want your Google Voice number, you need to decide which of the Google voice setup is perfect for your preference. After determining what type your account should be, proceed to the signup page of Google Voice and follow the steps. You will be notified to organize Google Voice, then choose if you want to use your current number or a new number.

Next, select the PIN for retrieving the messages and use them to access the settings of Google Voice from your device. Then, you will be asked to enter the forwarding number. That number is the device that will notify when a person calls your contact number. Lastly, you have to verify and confirm your phone. Google Voice will send the numerical code and enter it when your forwarding phone is being called by Google Voice to confirm that your phone number is correct.

Is it Free?

When you set up your Google Voice and download it, it’s free, but there are features that you need to spend money to access, like the number porting. Depending on the location that you’re calling, Google Voice will charge you a specific amount when making an international call.

Takeaway

Now that you know the basics of Google Voice, you might want to use it right away. This app is helpful in many areas of communication. Not only that, it has many features, but Google Voice is also free to use and download.

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