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Google Voice

BlattusBlattus
edited March 2009 in Technology
So apparently Google has finally decided to do something with the GrandCentral service they bought a few years back. For those who don't know, GrandCentral was this (pretty awesome) website that gave you a phone number in the area code of your choice, and let you use that number as a mask of sorts, meaning that you could have multiple phones ring when that one number was dialed, and could receive the incoming call on any one of those multiple phones. The service does this among other things.

Google Voice (Youtube examples on the page) seems like it's going to keep most of the features of GrandCentral while just rebranding them under the Google name, but one interesting new feature seems to be SMS management, which could be great considering that's a service I use a lot. I am also looking forward to this because the one drawback for me with GrandCentral was that I had to import all of my contacts, but now that I'm using Google Contacts and syncing with the iPhone, everything will be there nice and neat for me already!

Woohoo cloud computing!

Comments

  • AprecheApreche
    Here's what would make it great.

    I create a phone number at Google Voice for free. Someone sends an SMS to that address. Google Voice sends that SMS to my Google Chat instead of to my SMS. If I reply, it sends it to the other person's SMS.

    If it can do that, and it's free, goodbye SMS.
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    edited March 2009
    You can send SMS to contacts in Gmail now and you receive the replies right back to gmail.

    Just watched the video for the SMS feature for Google Voice. It won't send SMS to your Google Chat it seems but you can reply from the Google Voice site.

    Post edited by Josh Bytes on
  • AprecheApreche
    I figured since the SMS is going to a "fake" phone number that is free, I can avoid paying to receive the messages by not having them forwarded to my actual phone.
  • ShakingSpiritShakingSpirit
    *bump*
    I have a Google Voice invite I can't use because I'm not in the US (thanks for getting me all excited there, google >_>), and you guys seem the type who'd appreciate it, so if anyone wants it help yourself:

    https://www.google.com/voice/inv/7ZSZ93l-5Qw2HxklCJwH_kvw-Ie8e6c75cbe1f1b36
  • ChurbaChurba
    edited July 2009
    I figured since the SMS is going to a "fake" phone number that is free, I can avoid paying to receive the messages by not having them forwarded to my actual phone.
    Though this is a point that has been made before, Having to pay to receive Text messages is stupid, and nothing but the Telcos ripping you off.
    Post edited by Churba on
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    If anybody else has an invite that aren't going to use for Google Voice. I would be glad to take it off their hands. :)
  • BlattusBlattus
    I figured since the SMS is going to a "fake" phone number that is free, I can avoid paying to receive the messages by not having them forwarded to my actual phone.
    Add one iPhone Google Chat app with push notifications and it's really goodbye SMS.
  • AprecheApreche
    Add one iPhone Google Chat app with push notifications and it'sreallygoodbye SMS.
    There's Beejive, but I am not going to pay for it. I'll wait for Meebo.
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    If anybody else has an invite that aren't going to use for Google Voice. I would be glad to take it off their hands. :)
    Yeah, ditto. Figures the moment I actually need this, it becomes available and I don't have an invite yet.
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    FYI. SMS got pulled from the Gmail client. Reason being "it was causing problems." I never had a problem with it. I bet the real issue is because of Google Voice. Bleh.
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