Google Voice update (0.2.8)
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baggachipz
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I just tried sending a text message in landscape mode on the soft keyboard (that's what caused the double-txt bug) and instead of double-texting, it crashed. Ehhh....
--edit-- ...aaaaand, it still double-texted. sheesh.
--edit-- ...aaaaand, it still double-texted. sheesh.
baggachipz
Lurker
It's got so much potential though. I feel the need to use it for SMS simply because I don't want to pay the outrageous fees to Verizon. I already have an "unlimited" data plan, this should include SMS and with GV it does.
FireChief
Well-Known Member
It definitely still 'double texts'..
Didn't see any changes with the update..
By the way, I 'dumped' my unlimited TEXT plan with Verizon, and use GOOGLE VOICE for TEXTING. I still purchased the $5 text plan which allows for 250 messages in a month, because I wasn't sure if I would have issues and still need to use the verizon sms.. At this point, I am NOT using the verizon texting .. . Probably will dump the $5 plan next month..
That will equal a total savings of almost $20 a month..
FC
Didn't see any changes with the update..
By the way, I 'dumped' my unlimited TEXT plan with Verizon, and use GOOGLE VOICE for TEXTING. I still purchased the $5 text plan which allows for 250 messages in a month, because I wasn't sure if I would have issues and still need to use the verizon sms.. At this point, I am NOT using the verizon texting .. . Probably will dump the $5 plan next month..
That will equal a total savings of almost $20 a month..
FC
AndroidsOfTara
Android Enthusiast
You get completely free SMS. You can do SMS on your phone with the app, the GV web interface and you can even reply to SMS via email
Voicemail can be transcribed and viewed on the phone with the app, SMS or email. For many callers, you won't even need to listen to the voicemail.
You control how people reach you. Different people calling the same number can cause all phones to ring or different phones to ring. You set this up in the web interface.
You can have different greetings for different people.
You can completely block people. I do this for a few undesirable callers. They get a phone company "not in service" message.
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
Google voice for voice mail, transcribed voice mails, and a throwaway number to give to businesses = win
fortworthbret
Member
The second they get MMS, this is a killer app for these phones.
FireChief
Well-Known Member
Google Voice can do many things for you, but I think one of the most helpful is the VOICEMAIL feature.
Here is how I have it set up:
When someone calls my verizon phone number and I can't answer it, they are forwarded to my GOOGLE VOICE MAIL, not my Verizon voicemail.
Google Voice then sends me an email with the transcribed voicemail. Granted, the transcrption is sometimes off on the words, but I generally get the context of the message..
Also, I NEVER have to dial my verizon voicemail and push my passcode, then push buttons to listen to voicemails, etc.. I like that convenience..
With this set up you can also CUSTOMIZE your greetings. My wife hears a personalized greeting, as does my son, my daughter, etc.. If someone from work calls, they hear a greeting 'aimed' at them... If the number is not 'recognized' by google voice, the caller gets the standard greeting.
This is just one feature, and with this feature you aren't even 'using' the number google gave you... You are just forwarding your unanswered calls to the number.. It's great..
FC
Here is how I have it set up:
When someone calls my verizon phone number and I can't answer it, they are forwarded to my GOOGLE VOICE MAIL, not my Verizon voicemail.
Google Voice then sends me an email with the transcribed voicemail. Granted, the transcrption is sometimes off on the words, but I generally get the context of the message..
Also, I NEVER have to dial my verizon voicemail and push my passcode, then push buttons to listen to voicemails, etc.. I like that convenience..
With this set up you can also CUSTOMIZE your greetings. My wife hears a personalized greeting, as does my son, my daughter, etc.. If someone from work calls, they hear a greeting 'aimed' at them... If the number is not 'recognized' by google voice, the caller gets the standard greeting.
This is just one feature, and with this feature you aren't even 'using' the number google gave you... You are just forwarding your unanswered calls to the number.. It's great..
FC
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Deleted User
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Mine crashed, too, but still managed to send the text first. Shows up in GV has having been sent twice, but the wife only received it once.
iPhone2Droid
Well-Known Member
You can have personalized greetings per caller/group; schedule when the phone(s) will and will not ring; know that your full call history/log is synced over to Google; add notes per call, at the website. The list goes on and on. I was paying Vonage just to get the "SimulRing" feature. Cancelled it a week after getting the Droid.
Melon Bread
Newbie
Indeed, one of the best Google services in a while
kennyidaho
Android Enthusiast
:me: wants to cry.....
Crude
Android Expert
Completely off topic, but this sig warrants an acknowledgment.
iPhone2Droid
Well-Known Member
Gv now has an option, allowing you to set things so your GV number, or carrier number, appears on outgoing text messages. Since folks tend to just hit the reply button when they get a text, it will likely follow the number you've chosen to appear on your text(s).
I don't think my GV account has this option yet. How did you do this? Do you change the feature on your web interface or on your Android app? Maybe they're rolling it out slowly like they sometimes do (like with IMAP a while ago).
