How to Use Google #Voice on Your #iPhone or #Android Smartphone

Google Voice is an excellent app for streamlining phone calls, sending free text messages, and reading voicemail. Here's how to set it up.

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Google Voice allows you to make phone calls using a Google Voice number, as well as to send and receive free text messages, and to manage your voicemail as if it were just another part of your email. If you already have a Google Voice number (or if you would like one), Google Voice is a useful app to own. Here's how to set it up on your smartphone or tablet.

Step 1: Install Google Voice

Google Voice is a free app. Open your device's native app store and search for Google Voice, or go to the appropriate Web-based store page to grab and install Google Voice for Android or Google Voice for iOS.
Google Voice is supported on most Android and iOS devices, including tablets. On Apple devices, Google Voice requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Step 2: Set Up Google Voice

Before you start using Google Voice, you must have a Google Voice number linked to your Google account. To obtain a number, go to the Google Voice page to create one and link it to your Google account.

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