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Re:Nexus 5 by mpd on Thursday October 31, 2013 @04:49PM (#6649743)
You can install it from Play. It's straightforward.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

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Re:Nexus 5 by sidi on Thursday October 31, 2013 @04:58PM (#6649830)
It's not so straightforward if Google thinks you are not in the US.
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Re:Nexus 5 by zxtang on Thursday October 31, 2013 @10:35PM (#6651488)
Right, if Google doesn't think you are in the US, you won't be able to download Voice from Play. Which is really annoying if you actually are in the US...

I had to deal with this problem earlier this month, and the answer here fixed the issue for me: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-to-chan...

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Re:Nexus 5 by lovemenot on Thursday October 31, 2013 @07:02PM (#6650663)
That has always been the case, but is not so today. Google Play knows where I am as it offered the Nexus5 in Japanese Yen. Nevertheless I successsfully installed Google Voice just now.
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Re:Nexus 5 by deong on Thursday October 31, 2013 @10:04PM (#6651389)
Can you set it up? I've always been able to install the APK, but if you don't already have a GV number, it wants to send an SMS to a real phone number as part of the setup, and that number needed to be American.
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Re:Nexus 5 by lovemenot on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:34AM (#6652856)
As you say, cannot set it up. I guess nothing has changed.
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