With two grown children, my mom decided that one perk of empty nesting (in addition to a lack of teenage angst and a lot less laundry) was canceling our complicated family cell phone plan. When she signed up for a new plan, she also mistakenly signed up for a new phone number. This new number, for whatever reason, was one she could never remember (“too many 7’s” she insisted).
With Google Voice, my mom can choose a new number by selecting an area code and then searching for numbers or words that she likes (and can remember!) to make up the remaining 7 digits.
To help my mom (and family members) everywhere, a few of us at Google created a website, TeachParentsTech.org, where “kids” of any age can send how-to videos to moms, dads, uncles - whomever! Here’s a video I made that walks you through how to select a new phone number with Google Voice:
To browse through all of the videos or to send a tech support care package to your family, visit TeachParentsTech.org. Have a safe and happy holidays!
Posted by Lauren Fraley, Google Voice Consumer Operations
Thanks for all of your feedback on last week's Hangouts launch. We just posted an update on Google Voice and Hangouts on Google+.
To help make it even easier for you to organize your contacts, today we’re adding Google+ Circles to Google Voice.
Sometimes the times that we’re offline can be our most productive times. However, whether on a plane or out of range of coverage, it’d still be nice to be able to draft text messages.
(Cross-posted from the Gmail blog)
As the holiday season approaches, we're happy to announce that we've extended free domestic calls within the US and Canada for 2012. This is our way of helping you connect with friends and family across the country.
As the holiday season approaches, we're happy to announce that we've extended free domestic calls within the US and Canada for 2012. This is our way of helping you connect with friends and family across the country.
MMS has been one of the constant feature requests since we launched Google Voice and we’ve been hard at work trying to make this happen.
Today, we're happy to announce that we've made the first step in our efforts to bring this feature to our users.
Today, we're happy to announce that we've made the first step in our efforts to bring this feature to our users.
Until now, if you changed your Google Voice number, ported your number to Google Voice, or opted in for the Sprint Option 1 integration (where your Sprint number becomes your Google Voice number), your previous Google Voice number remained on your account for 90 days before it was returned to Google
It’s official, the Google Voice integration with Sprint is now live!
As we mentioned when we first announced the integration, there are two ways to bring Google Voice to your Sprint mobile phone:
Option 1: Keep your Sprint number: Your Sprint number becomes your Google Voice number so that when pe
As we mentioned when we first announced the integration, there are two ways to bring Google Voice to your Sprint mobile phone:
Option 1: Keep your Sprint number: Your Sprint number becomes your Google Voice number so that when pe
We’re often inspired by the creative and interesting ways that individuals and organizations use Google Voice, so we thought it was time to start sharing some of their stories.
(Cross posted from the Gmail blog)
When we launched calling in Gmail back in August, we wanted it to be easy and affordable, so we made calls to the U.S. and Canada free for the rest of 2010.
When we launched calling in Gmail back in August, we wanted it to be easy and affordable, so we made calls to the U.S. and Canada free for the rest of 2010.
