August 4th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
It is hard enough to keep in touch with family and friends, but imagine being half-way around the world in a place like Iraq with limited access to telephones…or having to move and change your phone number every couple years. The military lifestyle …
July 24th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
Want to share your new Google number with family, friends and co-workers? To help spread the word (or should we say, the number), get your Google number printed on cards that you can hand out. There are three design options to choose from, so you can …
July 15th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
Thanks to some great work by the Google Mobile team, we now have a Google Voice mobile app for Blackberry and Android-powered phones. The mobile application makes using Google Voice with your cell phone simpler by letting you place calls and send SMS …
July 2nd, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
Your Google Voice number is tied to you rather than a device or a location, so it stays with you as you move, change jobs, or switch phone companies. Your forwading phones may change but your Google number remains the same, so you don’t need to send ou…
June 5th, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
Numbers are important. Whether it is a time to meet, a phone number to call, or an amount of money, catching a number correctly is a big deal. Trying to scribble down the right number while listening to a voicemail can be a pain, which is why numbe…
June 1st, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
In an effort to help you spend more time with your family and friends, we have recently released two features designed to help you be productive when using Google Voice:1. Keyboard shortcuts.If you like to keep your hands on the keyboard, you now only …
April 2nd, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
Since Google Voice is about letting you easily manage your communications, we wanted to give you various ways to organize your inbox. Besides the option to only display unread messages, you now have the ability to archive messages. Archiving , a famili…
March 20th, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
Among the GrandCentral features that we have carried over to Google Voice, is the ability to tag a caller as spam. This means that future calls from that number will not ring your phones, will not be in your messages when you check voicemails from your…
March 13th, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
We have received several questions about what happens to GrandCentral accounts after upgrading to Google Voice.Although no new call/voicemail will show up in the GrandCentral account, you can keep accessing your GrandCentral voicemails, call log and ad…
March 12th, 2009 | by Craig | published in Google Voice
Hello GrandCentral (and soon to be Google Voice) users:We have started the upgrade process, and are rolling the service out to new users on an ongoing basis. When your account is ready to upgrade, you will notice an “Upgrade” message at the top of you…
March 12th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
GrandCentral users,We are happy to announce that we have made a number of improvements to GrandCentral and are relaunching the service as Google Voice. GrandCentral users have the first opportunity to start using Google Voice, which is a private beta.I…