Google has announced that Google Voice users can now use existing mobile phone numbers. This means that even if you don't get a new Google number, you can still get Google Voicemail.
After getting the Google Voice App blocked on the iPhone and the FCC to scrutinize Google Voice, you’d think AT&T could sit back and rest assured. But not so.
It looks like a certain search giant is ready to let some more people get their hands (or, um, mouths and ears) on Google Voice. Google announced today that users will soon have the chance to invite their friends and family members (or cash-equipped individuals) to the service.
There was a lot of hoopla made regarding Apple's banning of Google Voice from its App Store. Fingers were pointed, names were (probably) called. Today Google announced that the FCC has made its letter (pdf) available to the public. The letter reveals what Google claims to be the explanation it got from Apple about why it would not accept its Google Voice app (as well as Google Latitude).
Google has launched a new feature in Gmail labs that allows you to play Google Voice voicemails right from Gmail. Before, when Google Voice users received email notifications from Google Voice, they had to click a link in the message to open a new page.
Google Voice, with its "one number for all your calls and SMS" tagline and almost endless list of benefits, aims to make users' lives easier. A new feature introduced today represents another step in that direction.
Suppose you're sitting at a desk with a full-sized keyboard at your fingertips and a 20" monitor in front of your eyes. Most services would still ask you to fish out your little cell phone in order to read and reply to a text message. In the past, even Google Voice would require you to keep open an extra, dedicated tab.
The accusations are still flying when it comes to Google Voice getting banned from the iPhone App Store. Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund manager, has even gone so far as to say that AT&T "killed" the service.
Because of how they serve our country, members of the military are often given special treatment - drinks on the house, free upgrades to first class, etc. And now, Google's doing its part by bumping them to the front of the line for Google Voice.
UPDATE: There is a Twitition floating around asking "Apple to unblock Google Voice App".
If you wish to sign it, go here.
Google Voice just became much easier to use for Blackberry and Android owners as a new mobile app has been released.
Will you be downloading the new Google Voice app for Blackberry or Android. Tell us.
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