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The Google Voice app still did a traditional cellular call to my knowledge. You had to get a third party app like GrooVe IP in order to make a data call via the

by xhrpost 12y ago

The Google Voice app still did a traditional cellular call to my knowledge. You had to get a third party app like GrooVe IP in order to make a data call via the Google Voice system.

wlesieutre 12y ago
They had a phone system built into Gmail's web interface, which IIRC could be treated the same as any other forwarding phone in GV. So when someone called me, it'd ring on my computer and on my phone, and I could answer either of them. I don't recall personally placing any calls from the Gmail interface, but I think the functionality existed.
- xhrpost 12y ago
  The GMail functionality appears to still be there. I think OP was referring to the Android app Google Voice.
  - wlesieutre 12y ago
    Ah, I assumed he was talking about calls placed via the Chat interface in Gmail. I guess Google Chat has an Android app then?
    - xhrpost 12y ago
      There was a Google Talk app that was replaced by Hangouts.
- maxerickson 12y ago
  The call out from Gmail is still present.
  - wlesieutre 12y ago
    Good to know. I still have Google Voice, but I've more or less stopped paying attention to its development... but maybe I'll use that call-from-Gmail feature. iOS client is abandoned (it's the only app I have that hasn't been updated for iOS 7), and Google blocked access for the 3rd party clients (killing GrowlVoice, which was better than any of Google's clients, and which I paid money for). Not to mention MMS still doesn't work, so any group texts or pictures sent to me disappear into the ether and make me look like an antisocial curmudgeon who never responds to anything. Blah. I paid $20 to port my number in, but I'll be moving it back out to a real carrier next time I'm switching phones/plans around.
    - wlesieutre 12y ago
      Missed my window to edit parent, but the iPhone client finally got an iOS 7 update today, alongside the new version of hangouts. Maybe I won't write it off yet after all. Yay! EDIT: New version is designed for tall screens, and does not hold up well on the 4S and earlier. http://i.imgur.com/l3heAjJ.png http://i.imgur.com/l3heAjJ.png The keyboard and input box are basically a fixed size, and then out of the leftover space they've used more than 2/3s to tell me who I'm talking to (twice). The remaining little stripe has enough room to display a single line text, or two if you don't mind the name/time getting chopped off.
  - thaumasiotes 12y ago
    Is it? I used to use it, but one day it mysteriously switched from "you can place phone calls through gmail!" to "oh, you want to make a phone call? You need to install our browser extension", which I never did.
    - maxerickson 12y ago
      Yeah, I have the extension installed. Is it not available anymore?

by xhrpost 12y ago

The Google Voice app still did a traditional cellular call to my knowledge. You had to get a third party app like GrooVe IP in order to make a data call via the Google Voice system.

wlesieutre 12y ago

They had a phone system built into Gmail's web interface, which IIRC could be treated the same as any other forwarding phone in GV. So when someone called me, it'd ring on my computer and on my phone, and I could answer either of them. I don't recall personally placing any calls from the Gmail interface, but I think the functionality existed.

xhrpost 12y ago
The GMail functionality appears to still be there. I think OP was referring to the Android app Google Voice.
- wlesieutre 12y ago
  Ah, I assumed he was talking about calls placed via the Chat interface in Gmail. I guess Google Chat has an Android app then?
  - xhrpost 12y ago
    There was a Google Talk app that was replaced by Hangouts.
maxerickson 12y ago
The call out from Gmail is still present.
- wlesieutre 12y ago
  Good to know. I still have Google Voice, but I've more or less stopped paying attention to its development... but maybe I'll use that call-from-Gmail feature. iOS client is abandoned (it's the only app I have that hasn't been updated for iOS 7), and Google blocked access for the 3rd party clients (killing GrowlVoice, which was better than any of Google's clients, and which I paid money for). Not to mention MMS still doesn't work, so any group texts or pictures sent to me disappear into the ether and make me look like an antisocial curmudgeon who never responds to anything. Blah. I paid $20 to port my number in, but I'll be moving it back out to a real carrier next time I'm switching phones/plans around.
  - wlesieutre 12y ago
    Missed my window to edit parent, but the iPhone client finally got an iOS 7 update today, alongside the new version of hangouts. Maybe I won't write it off yet after all. Yay! EDIT: New version is designed for tall screens, and does not hold up well on the 4S and earlier. http://i.imgur.com/l3heAjJ.png http://i.imgur.com/l3heAjJ.png The keyboard and input box are basically a fixed size, and then out of the leftover space they've used more than 2/3s to tell me who I'm talking to (twice). The remaining little stripe has enough room to display a single line text, or two if you don't mind the name/time getting chopped off.
- thaumasiotes 12y ago
  Is it? I used to use it, but one day it mysteriously switched from "you can place phone calls through gmail!" to "oh, you want to make a phone call? You need to install our browser extension", which I never did.
  - maxerickson 12y ago
    Yeah, I have the extension installed. Is it not available anymore?