Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with classic Hangouts

Re:Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with c... by epage on Friday November 20, 2020 @05:12PM (#25165695)

Same. Been loving Google Voice / Grand Central for allowing me to both call and text from any device, even through all the rough patches (e.g. no MMS support, losing group texts). My wife cracked her screen and is looking at getting it fixed but the loss of her phone is making her hesitate. I'm tempted to get her on Google Voice but the roughness and concern over its future is why I hesitate.

I'm going to miss Hangouts Integration. It was great accessing GV directly from GMail.

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Re:Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with c... by cj on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:05PM (#25166187)

You can still access Google Voice via gmail in the right sidebar.

Unless it’s only a G Suite feature?

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Re:Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with c... by dragonwriter on Friday November 20, 2020 @07:51PM (#25166926)

> Unless it’s only a G Suite feature?

It's GSuite only currently, but I wouldn't be surprised if they brought it to consumer when they actually retire the Hangouts integration.

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Re:Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with c... by panopticon on Friday November 20, 2020 @07:45PM (#25166882)

Pretty sure that's G Suite/Workspace only. Also, doesn't that only handle voice features? I don't see SMS in that popout.

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Re:Google plans to shut down Google Voice integration with c... by youtube-dl2 on Friday November 20, 2020 @10:19PM (#25167642)

Enable it in options.

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