A Google phone number is like a regular phone number, except it is not tied to a single phone or location, instead it’s tied to you.
When somebody calls you, they just call your Google number. They don’t have to decide to call you at home, work or on your cell. With a Google number, you choose where it rings. You can choose to ring all your numbers at once or different phones based on who is calling.



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Replies from each recipient will be threaded into separate conversations, so you can keep track of them in your Google Voice inbox. To prevent spam, we’ve set a maximum of five recipients per message.
This feature is also available from the Chrome extension and we’ll also be adding it to the Google Voice mobile app soon.
We hope you like this new feature, and as always, welcome your feedback.
Posted by Greg Hecht, Member of Tech Staff
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Today we are launching a new Google Voice mobile web app for iPhone OS 3.0 and higher and Palm Web OS devices, harnessing the power of HTML5, a new web technology that makes it possible to run faster, richer web-based applications right in the browser.
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With today’s official release of Google Chrome extensions comes a new & improved Google Voice extension that gives you easier access to many Google Voice features:
- See how many new messages you have. Think of it as a message waiting light for your computer that lets you know when you have new voicemail or text messages waiting for you.
- View the most recent messages in your inbox. Clicking on the extension button gives you access to your most recent voicemail and text messages. You can read your voicemail transcripts and will soon be able to play messages right from that window.
- Quickly call or text any number. Click on the “Call” or “SMS” buttons to easily call or text for free anyone by just typing their name or phone number. Since the extension is connected to your Google address book, you can just type any name from your address book, without having to remember their number. You can also benefit from Google Voice’s low rates when calling any international number.
To try it out, install the Google Voice extension. If you don’t already use Google Chrome, you can download it here.
Posted by Brian Peterson, Software Engineer
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When it comes to voicemail, Google Voice is all about saving you time. We transcribe your voicemails so hopefully you don’t need to listen to them, we send notifications via email and SMS notifications so you know when you have new messages, we even let you listen in as callers leave you messages so you can decide if the call is urgent before picking up.
To make voicemail even easier, today, we implemented two changes in the way you listen to voicemails through your phone.
First, when you dial your own Google Voice number, we now begin playing your voicemails without the need to press 1 anymore. Since listening to voicemail is the most common reason people call their own numbers, we thought it made sense to save you an extra step. All the other options will still be available from the menu, but if you don’t select any other option, your voicemail messages will be played automatically.
Second, we now play your voicemails starting with the most recent, rather than the oldest. This way, if you’ve received several messages from the same caller, you’ll hear the most recent update before the outdated voicemail.
We hope you like those improvements and, as always, we welcome your feedback.
Posted by John Rector, Software Engineer
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