I know that lack of push is one of the complaints for these apps, but here is the relatively easy solution:
All that you need is any of the free texting apps (I use Text Free) that gives you an email that people can also use for texting (e.g. username@textfree.com) and your Gmail (which I assume everyone using Google Voice has). All you have to do is this:
1) Within GV check the box in Settings to forward all SMS and voicemail transcriptions to your Google Account
2) Create a filter in Gmail to look for SMS or voicemail in the subject line (I have one filter setup for each, Im not sure if you can do it in a single filter)
3) For all messages that get caught by the filter, Skip the Inbox, forward it to username@textfree.com, then Delete it
Now whenever I get a text or voicemail from Google voice, it gets routed to my username@textfree.com and that app gives me the pop-up notification just like you get when anybody sends you a text to your actual iPhone number simply click close, open GV Mobile+ and away I go responding to the text or listening to the voicemail. This removes the need to give your Google Account info to a third party, which is the holdback on implementing push.
All that you need is any of the free texting apps (I use Text Free) that gives you an email that people can also use for texting (e.g. username@textfree.com) and your Gmail (which I assume everyone using Google Voice has). All you have to do is this:
1) Within GV check the box in Settings to forward all SMS and voicemail transcriptions to your Google Account
2) Create a filter in Gmail to look for SMS or voicemail in the subject line (I have one filter setup for each, Im not sure if you can do it in a single filter)
3) For all messages that get caught by the filter, Skip the Inbox, forward it to username@textfree.com, then Delete it
Now whenever I get a text or voicemail from Google voice, it gets routed to my username@textfree.com and that app gives me the pop-up notification just like you get when anybody sends you a text to your actual iPhone number simply click close, open GV Mobile+ and away I go responding to the text or listening to the voicemail. This removes the need to give your Google Account info to a third party, which is the holdback on implementing push.