Google Voice is a voicemail service from Google that allows users to send free text messages, customize voicemail, read voicemail text transcript, and more. We all come across Google�s Voice Feature on a daily basis. Really? Google Voice was launched years back; however, many people have still not tried it. With this service, you can get your Whatsapp and Viber-like clone apps.
How to Use Google Voice
Upon signup for Google Voice, users are given a phone number that stays connected to them across devices and locations working with smartphones, landlines, work phones and VoIP lines. This allows users to manage all of devices with one number, as well as customize what phone will ring based on specific callers. While most of the features are free, some features, like call recording, are available with paid accounts.
Key Features of Google Voice
- Listen to voicemail before answering a call
- Call routing
- Voicemail transcripts
- International calls
- Call recording
- Notification of voicemail via email or SMS
- Call blocking
- Free Google Voice SMS/Google Voice text messaging
- Conference calling
- Switch phone devices during a call
Make and Receive Calls
Google Voice offers VOIP calling service with the option to make unlimited local and long-distance free calls. When you call from Google Voice, call comes from a random shared number which makes the number unrecognizable from recipients. If you are switch to Google Voice and call from Gmail, the call appears from your personal Google Voice number.
One of the best things about Google Voice is that you can receive incoming calls in Gmail and answer from laptop or computer.
Text from Any Browser or Phone
You can also avail the option of free texting service from Google Voice. Users can send and receive texts in your browser through Google Voice Chrome extension from the Google Voice website. Google Voice mobile app also delivers free texts, which allows users to text for free from their phone without any other apps.
You can search for a texts� archive that allows you to find achieved messages. Moreover, you don�t run a risk of losing your texts when you reset your phone or switch over to a new one.
Voicemail with Transcription
Google Voice�s voicemail feature doesn�t limit to a piece of audio. It uses advanced speech recognition technology to transcribe your voicemail turning it into readable text. Google�s Feature is not just making or answering calls, texting from browser, voicemail, but its new feature can do Voice-to-text.
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