Post by Cheezus Crust on Jul 12, 2016 19:21:56 GMT -5
Not only does Google Voice provide FREE Texting & Long Distance Across The United States & Canada, it also 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 receive text messages as well as read and listen to voicemails on your telephone, smartphone, 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 or smartphone app.
- Make voicemail as easy as email: Read written 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 while they are being left.
What you'll need to set up Google Voice
- A Google Account
- A touch-tone phone, with a U.S. number
- You'll select a type for each phone you add to Google Voice: Mobile, Work, or Home. (Text messages will only be sent to phones listed as Mobile.)
- Access to a computer with Internet access
- Web Browser: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8 and up, Firefox, Safari, Opera
- Flash 8 and up: Visit Adobe's Flash Player page to confirm you've downloaded Flash and what your version is.
- Optional: Google Voice app on Android or iOS
Cost and availability of Google Voice
Right now, Google Voice is only available in the U.S.
Users outside the U.S. can still make phone calls using Google Hangouts (or calling from gmail) on a computer, Android device, or iOS device.
Almost all calls to the U.S. and Canada are free.
A few U.S. and Canadian destinations will cost 1 cent per minute (USD), or the listed rate for your local currency.
Calls to destinations outside of the U.S. are at low rates.
Get started with Google Voice
Choose an account option, then go to Google Voice and follow the prompts.
