Google has released an updated version of the Google Voice app for Android. The key change is that Google Voice now supports direct integration with your phone apps in Android 4.0, allowing you to access your Google Voice messages directly from the phone dialer. In other words, you no longer have to use separate apps for making calls and accessing your voicemail. Instead, when you… Read more »

GV Mobile+ for iOS has been updated with a new user interface, push notifications and more. GV Mobile+ is a third-party mobile app that allows you to use Google Voice on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to make phone calls, check your voice mail, and send text messages. In addition to push notifications, the update adds push notifications, picture messaging, group messaging, and other… Read more »

Sprint and Google have just announced that all Sprint customers can now use Google Voice for free, with or without changing their mobile number. In other words, you can: Continue using your Sprint number, but now when people call you can get automated transcripts of messages forwarded to your email inbox and you can configure Google Voice to ring your home and office lines whenever… Read more »

Update: Google Android engineer Romain Guy says that the reports are wrong,  and that Android 2.3.3 will only allow system apps will be able to take screenshots. That may mean that Google will release a screenshot app that could work without root, but it’s unlikely that third party screenshot apps will work. Update 2: Having installed Android 2.3.3 on my Nexus One running Stock Android,… Read more »

After rolling out a limited test last week, Google has officially launched the ability for Google Voice users to port existing phone numbers. Google Voice is a service that lets you give out a single number to your contacts which will ring all of your phones so you won’t miss a call if you’re at home, at the office, or even on Skype. You can… Read more »

Google Voice is a service that lets you do a number of interesting things with a phone number. You can link multiple lines to one number, so that when you receive a call your cellphone, work line, and home line will all ring, for instance. You can also have Google Voice automatically transcribe your voicemail messages (poorly) and shoot you emails each time a new… Read more »

Good news everyone! Google has launched a new version of Google Voice for iOS that adds support for the iPad and iPod touch. Now for the bad news: You can’t use it to turn your device into a phone, because it won’t make calls over WiFi or 3G. The mobile app does let Google Voice users view your voicemail messages and  send and receive free… Read more »

Google has released a Google Voice app for iPhone. This comes after apple eased its restrictions on third party apps earlier this year and we started to see third party apps for Google Voice pop up in the App Store. The official Google Voice app is availabel as a free download and it supports key Google Voice features including the ability to make inexpensive phone… Read more »

Google has just pushed out an updated version of Google Voice for Android phones with a feature that’s been missing for far too long: search. Google Voice is a service that lets you make and receive phone calls over the internet. The two key features of the Android app are that it also lets you send and receive text messages and it can replace your… Read more »

After about a year in exile, it looks like the Google Voice apps are starting to return to Apple’s iOS ecosystem. This afternoon Apple approved GV Connect, a Google Voice client which is now available for purchase from the App Store for $2.99. Google Voice is a service which lets you make and receive phone calls over the internet. What’s more, you can use Google… Read more »