Google Voice uses your Google account to give you a different public-facing phone number for calling, text messaging, and voicemail for your smartphone or computer. You choose your number as a ...

(Check out PC World’s review of Google Voice) At the same time, though, adopting Google Voice as your communications commander introduces some potential negatives, ranging from privacy-related ...

or computer. The service is free for personal use when you make calls to the US or Canada, but there are costs for calling anywhere else. What makes Google Voice compelling is how simple the ...

now-Google-Voice-connected number. And you could set up any other kind of device, be it a computer or even a tablet, to act just like your phone and make and receive calls, texts, and voicemails ...

Fortunately, none of these limitations will preclude iPhone users from getting a lot out of Google Voice. Most of the missing features are things you can set and forget on the computer ...

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I've tried Google Voice on four different platforms -- iPhone, Blackberry, Android phone, and PC -- and one clearly stands out above the rest. Not surprisingly, it's Google's own mobile phone ...

Together, that means any phone, tablet, or computer where you sign into Google Voice effectively becomes “your phone” — regardless of what type of connection it relies on or if it even has ...

Google Voice has been available since 2009 ... So, business calls can go to your computer and a business phone if you're away from your desk, but they don't bother your personal phone.

(2) A voice over IP (VoIP) service from Google that provides free calls within the U.S. and international calls at low rates from the computer and smartphones. Google Voice also provides a unified ...