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Google Voice removes Smart Reply support on Android
With the latest update to Google Voice, Smart Reply is no longer available on Android devices.
Google Voice has been around for over a decade, providing digital telephone services like calling and texting to those in the United States. During its time on the market, the service has evolved, offering users better quality service and also more features. Now, with a recent update, Google Voice users will lose a feature, no longer being able to issue a Smart Reply to incoming messages.
Google Voice makes spam calls easier to identify with new visual update to inbound caller ID
Google Voice is getting a subtle visual update, giving users a more pronounced label for incoming suspected spam calls.
Most would agree that we've seen incredible technological advancements in both hardware and software over the past ten years. Despite this, spam still remains a huge problem. While most email systems are now pretty well-equipped to deal with the influx of junk mail, there's still the matter of robocalls and texts.
Google Voice's latest update improves call quality and performance
Google Voice users will get improved call performance thanks to its ability to switch connections automatically between Wi-Fi and cellular.
Despite other messaging apps getting more love, Google Voice has continued to chug along, getting small updates here and there. If you're a diehard user of the app, you'll be happy to know that Google is bringing an essential update to the platform, giving users better call performance while on a call. It is now implementing "intelligent network switching," giving users better call performance by allowing the app to automatically between cellular data and Wi-Fi service when needed.
Google Voice for Android gets Smart Reply suggestions
With the latest update, Google Voice has gained the AI-powered Smart Reply feature, which displays context-based replies within chats.
Google Voice is getting a smart new feature that makes it easier to quickly respond to text messages. With the latest update, the app has gained the AI-powered Smart Reply feature, which displays context-based replies within chats.
Google Voice now has Gmail-like custom rules for forwarding and voicemail
Google Voice now has the ability to create custom rules for incoming calls from select contacts or unknown numbers.
Google Voice has been around for over a decade, allowing anyone (in certain countries) to call and text traditional phone numbers from a website or smartphone app. It's also used by many companies and organizations as VoIP infrastructure, and now Google is rolling out a handy new feature for both regular people and companies: advanced custom rules for incoming calls.
Google Voice will soon lose the ability to forward text messages to other numbers
Google Voice will soon lose the text forwarding feature. However, email and call forwarding still remain intact and are not affected.
Google Voice is one of the oldest Google services around. Launched all the way back in 2009, the service allows users in the U.S. and Google Workspace accounts in select markets to text, call, and voicemail using a free phone number provided by Google. One of the beloved features of Google Voice is text and call forwarding. This essentially allows you to link multiple devices to a single Voice number and have the calls and SMS forwarded to your carrier phones. But it looks like the service will soon lose the text forwarding capability.
[Update: Delayed for Fi users] Here's when Google plans to shut down Hangouts for all users
Google detailed plans to transition Hangouts users to Google Chat as well as when Google Fi subscribers need to migrate to Messages.
Google on Thursday provided an update for users who still rely on Hangouts to chat with friends and family. The search giant said in the first half of 2021, Hangouts users will be migrated to a free version of Google Chat — the Slack and Discord competitor currently available to enterprise users.
Google Voice and Google Fi can finally be used on the same account
Last year, Google began decoupling Voice from Google Fi. That separation is now complete and the services can co-exist on the same account.
Google Voice is one of the company's oldest services and it has changed a lot over the years. It started as a simple web-based phone service, but smartphones allowed it to become much more advanced. Last year, Google began decoupling Voice from its other phone service, Google Fi. That separation is now complete and the services can co-exist on the same account.
[Update: Rolling out] Google Voice is finally testing making Phone Calls over Wi-Fi
Google is recruiting beta testers to try phone calls over Wi-Fi or mobile data connections in the Google Voice app. This allows you to make calls with your Google Voice number on devices without cellular radios or devices with poor connections.
Google and messaging apps: name a more iconic duo. Okay, while we like to joke about Google's penchant for creating new messaging apps, the company does still update their older apps with really useful features. Case in point: Google Voice. After a years-long wait, the Google Voice app will finally receive the ability to place phone calls over Wi-Fi or a data connection.
How to Listen to your Google Voice Voicemail on your Google Home
This is a tutorial showing you how to have your Google Home device read your latest voicemail from Google Voice using Tasker, AutoWeb, and AutoVoice.
When the Google Home was first released, it was (and still is) lacking in many features. You still have no way to set calendar events, read your text messages, create a to-do list, and more. However, if you have the gumption, you can implement nearly all of these features on your own, thanks to the power of AutoVoice and Tasker. In an effort to demonstrate just how creative you can be with Google Home and AutoVoice, I will show you how to have your Google Home read your latest Google Voice voicemail. It may seem like black magic right now, but hopefully by the end of this tutorial it will all make sense.