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So what does this mean for Google Voice and Google Fi users? All my SMS runs through Hangouts.
by butterandguns 8y ago
So what does this mean for Google Voice and Google Fi users? All my SMS runs through Hangouts.
- xtagon 8y agoWith Google Voice + Hangouts you can also answer phone calls from a desktop computer/laptop very easily. I'll miss that.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agowww.google.com/voice Should be able to make calls from there, right?
- xtagon 8y agoI don't think that works for receiving incoming calls though.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoThere’s a slider in the iOS app that indicates it might be possible to enable. I’ll have to try that when I have a chance.
- Marsymars 8y agoI recently looked into ways to do this outside of the US. Seems to be basically impossible other than using an iPhone/Mac with Continuity. :(
- QuicksilverJohn 8y agoNo, Hangouts works great for this outside of the US. I use it in New Zealand all the time.
- 4ad 8y agoIFF you have a GV number, which is US-only.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoThere's a google voice app.
- flavor8 8y agoBut it doesn't do SMS on the desktop.
- userhacker 8y agoIf you are on a mac, I created a simple web wrapper for the google voice website and puts it on the menubar, you can SMS on the desktop that way. Link to the app voicenotifies.com
- curt15 8y agoGoogle Voice? Google Fi? There may be a more fundamental question here.
- flavor8 8y agoThey _just_ rebranded from Project Fi to Google Fi, and featured it on the google.com home page, so it seems safe for now.
- int_19h 8y agoBut it still requires Hangouts to make and accept phone calls on other devices, so far as I can see. https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6188337?hl=en&ref_topic=6216184 https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6188337?hl=en&ref_topic...
- JoshTriplett 8y agoYou can do SMS via Android Messages and use messages.android.com on a computer. However, unlike Hangouts, it just connects to your phone to send and receive messages. Google Fi will be unchanged; I've been using Messages from the beginning. Voice, however, has a much better experience with Hangouts than with the standalone Voice app, and in particular the standalone Voice app doesn't let you make VoIP calls as far as I can tell.
- int_19h 8y agoIt needs to be something that can work as a background app with notifications etc.
- JoshTriplett 8y agoMessages on the web does support notifications, though you do have to keep it open. (But then, the same applies to Hangouts unless you use the Chrome app.)
- mike00632 8y agoWhat do you mean by, "However, unlike Hangouts, it just connects to your phone to send and receive messages,"? My Google Voice number is my primary number but not my cell-service number. Would messages.android.com send/receive SMS as my Google Voice number or my cellular carrier number?
- JoshTriplett 8y agoWhichever number you have working through the Android Messages app on your phone. messages.android.com just connects (via Google) to the app on your phone, displays your messages from that, and lets you compose and send messages via that.
- robertcope 8y agoYeah, this is a problem for me. I'm a long, long time Google Voice user. It is my main phone number. I do all my calls and SMS via Hangouts on my computer. It's pretty rare for me to use my phone. I'm going to be lost if I can't do this any longer, honestly.
- amerine 8y agoI also have a very long time Grandcentral/Google Voice number 541-306-3055, and it’s been a journey.