I've been debating putting all my voicemail in one place - but am hesitant to make the switch. I'm curious if anyone here has set their iPhone to forward to the Google Voicemail and are happy with the switch?
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Anyone using Google Voicemail in place of Visual Voicemail?
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I did, and it's been fine so far. I really wish that Apple would allow an official Google Voice app, though.
Having to either jailbreak your iPhone or use Google's GV webpage is a bit annoying.
Having to either jailbreak your iPhone or use Google's GV webpage is a bit annoying.
I think that's part of whats keeping me from making the switch - no simple way of getting to the voicemails. The Google Mobile App doesn't even link to it; so I have to start up the browser and that just seems to be annoying extra steps.
I use it on my Droid, and it works great. The experience is better than AT&T's visual voicemail because I can read a transcript of my voicemails or access them from a computer.
I use google voice with my iphonoe. I only use the voicemail feature. I have two cell phones. I like having both go to the same voicemail. also, it is nice to get the text and email that you have a message. when i am in a meeting, i can read a transcript of the voicemail, without putting the phone to my ear. the transcripts are about 60% accurate. So you have to guess a lot. Have you see the google voice web app? You can play your voicemails through it without using minutes if you want. I dont call into google voice anymore. I have going to stick with it. A native app would be nice, cause it could use push notification and have something similar to visual voicemail. But the web application is very close. Just create a shortcut on your homescreen. the text messages will be your push notification 🙂
I use it. I like getting my voicemails sent to me as txt messages and attachements on emails. It makes voicemail easier in general.
I'm using Google Voice happily on my iPhone. I haven't used AT&T's Visual Voicemail, so I can't really compare the two, though.
As others have mentioned, the transcription isn't great, but I can almost always get the gist of the message, often more.
Since I saved Google Voice as a home-screen shortcut, it's pretty easy to access messages.
I also have GV set to e-mail me about new voice messages, and email set to forward those notices to Nuage, a helpful app/service that provides a push notification.
If you make the switch, I recommend going into advanced settings for your mobile number and choosing: "When someone calls this phone directly and I don't pick up... Go straight to voicemail." Otherwise, callers hear ringing for way too long before GV takes a message.
As others have mentioned, the transcription isn't great, but I can almost always get the gist of the message, often more.
Since I saved Google Voice as a home-screen shortcut, it's pretty easy to access messages.
I also have GV set to e-mail me about new voice messages, and email set to forward those notices to Nuage, a helpful app/service that provides a push notification.
If you make the switch, I recommend going into advanced settings for your mobile number and choosing: "When someone calls this phone directly and I don't pick up... Go straight to voicemail." Otherwise, callers hear ringing for way too long before GV takes a message.