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Yeah I'm really starting to get annoyed with this. The most painful part is thinking back to when I signed up for my Google Voice number. The promise seemed so

Yeah I'm really starting to get annoyed with this. The most painful part is thinking back to when I signed up for my Google Voice number. The promise seemed so great. A single number that Google would control and allow me to forward to any phone. At the time I thought Google were the guys who get it, the guys I'd want to have controlling my number for years to come. And they'd let me text using my browser too!! A hugely useful feature. And YET here we are. hangouts is the most dysfunctional chat experience I've ever seen. It's like a normal chat client crossed with Bonzi Buddy. But I have to use it to get GV texts on my browser. I think the saddest part is that my number hasn't actually changed once since I got GV. :(

georgemcbay 12y ago
"But I have to use it to get GV texts on my browser" Not sure if I'm misunderstanding what you mean but you should still be able to see your Google Voice texts via browser at voice.google.com (the pre-Hangouts interface). I'm not a big fan of the crossover of Hangouts and voice either, I still use the older UIs (voice.google.com via browser and the old Google Voice app on android) and both still work for me so far.
- jdoliner 12y ago
  It's true I could do this. I'm pretty reluctant to because I really want to use hangouts for both on my phone. It remembers which number I've texted someone from previously which is pretty indispensable.