Yea, you have it set up right. What you have to do is start giving people your google voice number instead is your VZW number. I do this for anyone that want to text that doesn't have Verizon.

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My google voice is set up for my verizon number and my phone goes to GV if you call the cell number. During the setup I used my existing number 1st and made GV the default voicemail, then later added a custom google phone number to my google voice account through my PC.

So I can also give out the new google number and it will go to my phone as well.

I'm fairly positive you can set it up for multiple numbers including your existing number in the way you wish to.

I was new to it and it seemed intuitive to do it the way I did during setup.

If I did something wrong it is certainly working the way I want it to and thought it should.

To clarify you can dial my VZW OR the GV number and it will ring my phone. Both default to google voicemail which I have set to text me, but not email me. Many more features available with your account online.

Good luck!

 

Well, text to your cell number, there's not much you can do about that.

But, you can use GV as your universal voicemail box.

You forward, no answer, your cell phone to your Google Voice number and in Google Voice settings, go into the cell phone you set up and go to advanced settings and for forwarding options, set when someone calls this phone directly, go straight to voicemail.

If you don't have that option, when calls forward to your GV, it'll go in a circle and ring your cell (and other numbers).

Also, in that section, it'll give you instructions on how to forward your cell phone.

If you set this all up right, when someone calls either your GV number or your cell number, calls will go to your GV voicemail box.

Also, if you get any MMS, you'll have an issue with only giving out your GV number, since GV doesn't support MMS.

 

Trust me, I am no expert. It seems to me you can change many settings and add lines through your google voice account on your PC.

There are also several GV videos online.

Sorry I am not more helpful to you.

 

I have the same setup as Contempt. If I get a call to my cell#, it ends up as a GV voicemail if I don't answer. If I get a call to my GV#, it rings into my cell# and once again, if I don't answer, it goes to GV voicemail.

On my PC, I set GV up the following way. On the "Phone" tab, I have my GV# that I created. Directly below that, I have my cell # listed as "Forwards To" and the box checked for it.

 

If Google were able to shunt texts directly to/from a Verizon number, it negates the need for paid texting while using their infrastructure to do it. Don't think Verizon would be too appreciative of that.

 

I believe you get around the Verizon texting service by merely unchecking on your PC (in Google Voice) in the Voicemail and text tab where it gets sent to your Verizon number. Then you can cancel your Verizon texting service and just make sure all your friends know to text to your Google voice # ONLY. Otherwise you'll get charged the per text charge by Verizon.

The text should come in as an SMS notification in your notification bar on the phone, and then you open the Google Voice App and you have a conversation open just like you would by going through standard Texting App.

Don't quote me on this, because I haven't seen my bill yet, but I was told this was how to go about it.