Google Voice - Android Community

Google Voice Number Porting Officially Launched, Available to All Current Users

By Dylan Bailey
on 25 Jan, 2011

Google Voice is sure a necessity for many people. Having one number that can ring all of your devices will guarantee you will never miss a call, and now Google is making the service even sweeter with existing number porting.

Google Voice, Voice Search, and YouTube receive minor updates

By Dylan Bailey
on 8 Dec, 2010

Google has pushed out updates to its YouTube, Voice, and Voice Search applications today, and with it comes in a few changes and performance boosts.

Google Voice Search now in Russian, Polish, Czech, and Turkish

By Chris Burns
on 25 Oct, 2010

Google's Voice Search is really ramping up! It's been since June since we've seen additional voices added (See: French, German, Italian, and Spanish,), but now that there's all sorts of people like skateboarders and chubby bunnies using the function, Google's decided to up the ante. Now they've got voice recognition for Polish, Czech, Turkish, and Russia (where voice read you!)

Google Voice Updated to Support Searching Text Messages and Voicemail Transcripts

By Evan Selleck
on 18 Oct, 2010

If you use Google Voice, then you know that it's a great application, but it isn't perfect. That's why when an update pops up, you may pounce on it, thinking that it's all going to get better. The application just got an update recently, and with it comes a big feature inclusion -- one that people have been asking for for awhile now.

Google adds Google Voice Widget to Android Home Screen

By Dylan Bailey
on 10 Sep, 2010

If you use Google Voice, and really why wouldn’t you - it's such a great free service that lets you have one number to ring all of your devices - you can now add a standalone Google Voice widget to the home screen on your Android phone.

Google Voice Speeds Up Dialing For Android Devices

By Effie Tjhai
on 22 Jul, 2010

The new version of Google Voice has arrived today. Previously, the Google Voice were set up so that the users had to make a request to the GV server every single time they wanted to make an outbound call, but all of that has changed. Due to Direct Access Numbers, Google has managed to speed up the whole process, which should mean using the service on your device will be easier than ever before.

Samsung Behold II OTA’s Are Rolling Out

By David Junior
on 22 Jun, 2010

The lack of support from everyone involved with this phone has been the focal point of many people losing faith in Samsung. It’ll probable never see Android 2.0+ even though there is a petition going around to make this happen. Regardless, we are hearing word that the OTA to 1.6 has started to arrive on a few Behold ll’s. Android 1.6 offers a whole world of possibilities for the Behold ll. along with this update to 1.6, Samsung is including Google Voice, Google Maps with navigation as well as the Swype keyboard. There are other various bug fixes thrown in also. Even with these extra goodies being tossed in, I still don’t see many users being happy about this whole situation. [via tmonews]

Google Search by Voice in French, German, Italian and Spanish

By David Junior
on 9 Jun, 2010

This is great news for our European Android friends. Google Voice search has been updated to include French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Google has been real busy today, first Google maps received a big update now this update to Voice search.

Google Voice Invites For Students

By David Junior
on 14 May, 2010

Here’s another good reason to stay in school. Google is giving away Google Voice Invites for everyone with an .edu address. So all you college students and subsequently teachers can head over to Google Voice Student page now and get started.

Synchronize Google Voice with Your GPS Location

By David Junior
on 24 Feb, 2010

How would you like to sync your Android device's Google Voice to your current location? Well with there's a way for you to do this now. Google Voice locations use cell tower triangulation to switch your ringing Google Voice phones on the fly.