What ’s the solution to Apple ’s stinginess about Google get an official Google Voice app on the iPhone App Store ? A webapp that has about all the functionality , but operational on any HTML5 - capable smartphone .
The webapp mimics the functionality of rack up up Google Voice on your desktop . you’re able to make calls , send texts , heed to voice mail , change your configurations and access your contact all from your speech sound ’s browser app . It syncs up with your Google account ’s inter-group communication leaning — not your iPhone ’s physical contact inclination — so you ’ll have to make certain to sync your contact to Google first . The Pre however , if you already have your GV account as one of your inter-group communication , should have a more transparent process .
Unlike the Google Voice app now , which calls your phone first and then connects the other party , you really dial out directly into the Google Voice service , which then hooks you up with who you ’re try on to reach . It ’s going to be like the 406 numbers that Google Voice user are used to using for cutoff to their contacts , but maybe not 406 , since Google has a pool of numbers they are using .
Google also tells us that you’re able to add dialing credits directly from the telephone if you want to make overseas claim , preserve you the bother of having to get on a computing equipment .
All in all , the experience is whole and runny , mime an iPhone app as well as possible on a entanglement port . If we had any gripes , it would be that when you ’re texting someone from your contacts list , it only grabs the telephone number and does n’t display the name after it . Also , that you ca n’t text multiple recipient role . But calling from your striking list is runny and takes only one more gradation than regular dialing from your iPhone .
It ’s not as good as a native app , but it ’s more than fair to middling . [ Google Voice ]
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