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Been with Google Voice since it was Grand Central. It's been a wild ride and I'm waiting for Google to kill it entirely. Hangouts was so close. Had SMS and ever

Been with Google Voice since it was Grand Central. It's been a wild ride and I'm waiting for Google to kill it entirely. Hangouts was so close. Had SMS and everything. Was only a few features away from becoming a pseudo iMessage for android, then in typical fashion they have gone and done all of this.

epage 6y ago
Same. Been loving Google Voice / Grand Central for allowing me to both call and text from any device, even through all the rough patches (e.g. no MMS support, losing group texts). My wife cracked her screen and is looking at getting it fixed but the loss of her phone is making her hesitate. I'm tempted to get her on Google Voice but the roughness and concern over its future is why I hesitate. I'm going to miss Hangouts Integration. It was great accessing GV directly from GMail.
- cj 6y ago
  You can still access Google Voice via gmail in the right sidebar. Unless it’s only a G Suite feature?
  - panopticon 6y ago
    Pretty sure that's G Suite/Workspace only. Also, doesn't that only handle voice features? I don't see SMS in that popout.
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > Unless it’s only a G Suite feature? It's GSuite only currently, but I wouldn't be surprised if they brought it to consumer when they actually retire the Hangouts integration.
  - youtube-dl2 6y ago
    Enable it in options.
thallium205 6y ago
Same. They finally offered me the ability to get off of Hangouts and onto their messenger through Google Fi which I pay for. I've been waiting years for this and it's been a good experience.
ineedasername 6y ago
I ditched Voice about 2 years ago and just gave everyone my direct # because I started experiencing some quirks, and was afraid they'd kill it. In fairness I only started with it originally because 1) it seemed like a cool product and 2) at the time cell # portability was much harder.
- judge2020 6y ago
  It really doesn't look like they'll kill it since it's a paid Google Workspace add-on[0], but they very well might do to it what they did to Google+ (keep premium offering, close free offering). 0: https://cloud.google.com/voice#voice_1:~:text=Pricing%20plans https://cloud.google.com/voice#voice_1:~:text=Pricing%20plan...

epage 6y ago

Same. Been loving Google Voice / Grand Central for allowing me to both call and text from any device, even through all the rough patches (e.g. no MMS support, losing group texts). My wife cracked her screen and is looking at getting it fixed but the loss of her phone is making her hesitate. I'm tempted to get her on Google Voice but the roughness and concern over its future is why I hesitate. I'm going to miss Hangouts Integration. It was great accessing GV directly from GMail.

cj 6y ago
You can still access Google Voice via gmail in the right sidebar. Unless it’s only a G Suite feature?
- panopticon 6y ago
  Pretty sure that's G Suite/Workspace only. Also, doesn't that only handle voice features? I don't see SMS in that popout.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Unless it’s only a G Suite feature? It's GSuite only currently, but I wouldn't be surprised if they brought it to consumer when they actually retire the Hangouts integration.
- youtube-dl2 6y ago
  Enable it in options.

thallium205 6y ago

Same. They finally offered me the ability to get off of Hangouts and onto their messenger through Google Fi which I pay for. I've been waiting years for this and it's been a good experience.

ineedasername 6y ago

I ditched Voice about 2 years ago and just gave everyone my direct # because I started experiencing some quirks, and was afraid they'd kill it. In fairness I only started with it originally because 1) it seemed like a cool product and 2) at the time cell # portability was much harder.

judge2020 6y ago
It really doesn't look like they'll kill it since it's a paid Google Workspace add-on[0], but they very well might do to it what they did to Google+ (keep premium offering, close free offering). 0: https://cloud.google.com/voice#voice_1:~:text=Pricing%20plans https://cloud.google.com/voice#voice_1:~:text=Pricing%20plan...