Google Voice Reviews

I receive a lot of unsolicited calls and Google Voice has great functionality where I can screen who is calling me and decide if I would like to speak to that person. The texting of messages is superb, I like this functionality better than Voice functions. One of the scenarios that are less appropriate is that when a call is coming in and the auto-forward mode is one if I have Google Voice or Gmail open on my computer I can hear both functions ringing, the phone number used to auto-forward and the Google Voice on my browser.

I absolutely love the Google Voice app. They have made it so easy to make calls and to receive calls. I also really like that I do not have to give my personal phone number out to all of my clients. One thing I think needs improvement is texting. I wish that it could link to the texts on my actual phone. Other than that, I really enjoy it.

When you set up Google Voice, you pick from a list of numbers, and you can forward to other numbers such as your cell phone. This has helped me personally when I changed cell phone numbers since adopting this software, and I am very glad that I did because I was able to keep my Google Voice Number on my business cards and email signature while just simply redirecting the forwarding phone number to my new cell phone.

[Google Voice is] great if you have a workforce that needs to make calls for business purposes from their personal mobile device, while keeping their personal phone number private. If you have a large company with its own telecom system, it probably won't be necessary if employees already have their own landlines or separate work phones.

Google Voice is perfect when your employees need to travel overseas or when your clients are all over the world. It is not well suited when you have to have local numbers in different countries or when you need to communicate with official or corporate channels via SMS on your smartphone using your google voice number.

Google Voice should be the go-to option for home/personal usage. It's rock solid as a backup phone service or even primary. It does well with voicemail and sms txt'ing. For a business, its capabilities are behind the competition and it does not seem to be a priority for Google.

Google Voice is well suited for most businesses I would think on a daily level, but not for a call center type atmosphere. When you have 50 to 100 callers using it and will typical call center attendance issues, paying their per user fee doesn't make sense. If I were a sole proprietor or just a few employees I would use this program above all other and would highly recommend it. But I would not recommend for a call center.

Google Voice is a good solution if you have a few US employees that need a local US phone the mostly use it for calls in the US. It is less appropriate is you're not located in the US or if your customers are not in the US.

Google Voice is great for quickly getting a work number going that's separate from your personal number, while still allowing you to use your current phone through forwarding of texts and phone calls, or by using the app. The enterprise features are great if you want to run a more complex phone system to redirect customer calls to specific departments.

If someone needs a new number, it is free and easy to get one with Google Voice and have calls and text auto forward to the number of your choice. There is a limit to how many minutes can be used with free version.

Google Voice is a unique service that operates through the internet rather than traditional cell towers. It can provide a seamless integration to your cell phone, and text messaging services. This integration may or may not be ideal depending on your organization and how you communicate. For us, we did not like the "texting" capabilities as it isn't part of our organization's communication protocol.

If you're in a work environment where you could benefit from a work phone, this is the tool for you. It allows you to have an independent phone number to be reached at, without the need to carry a second device. I believe this tool is invaluable for salespeople or professionals that interact with customers on a regular basis.

I like the support forums because of their powerful search features, but the Google-backed Support team is weak as it relies almost entirely on the forums. But in general, there haven't been many a situation when either the forum or a quick search on the internet didn't yield the answer we were searching for.

Google Voice is great for small businesses, to establish a dedicated phone number and a presence, without needing to use personal phones or invest in a lot of expensive equipment or phone plans.

I haven't had much luck getting questions answered about technical issues unless I am able to find something in the online support forums. There's no easy way to just reach out to GV for support.

Google Voice is great to use if you do not like giving out your personal phone number. Use your Google Voice number this way if you don't want to worry about getting a ton of spam calls on your private line. Having Google Voice is also handy because when voicemails are left, it will auto transcribe the phone call so that you can just read the voicemail instead of having to listen to it. Google Voice is not great to use if you do not want those that are calling you to know that you gave them a Google Voice Phone number to call, which might be urn off to some people.

Google Voice meets my needs in providing me with the ability to give out a phone number that is not my personal phone number. Plus, I know when it is a Google Voice call on my smartphone versus a personal call which is nice because it allows me to know how to answer the phone call.

This would be a great choice for small business or a new company that doesn't have legacy hardware to migrate/provision. Google has a BYO device policy so it's up to you to source equipment, get it provisioned, and configure them on your network. Support is minimal, so if you're inexperienced with provisioning desk phones or configuring VLAN's, etc. this might be a challenge. Not a problem for an experienced administrator except for not being able to access the phone web interface after being provisioned... perhaps this is intentional on Google's part to increase security, but it creates a deployment headache for a large organization that requires the technician to manually input the network settings on each phone after provisioning. Google Voice really shines on the mobile side, as this is where the soft phone has matured over the years. With GSuite it creates a convenient option for an SMB to add-on phone service with the email provider they (may) already have with dead-simple integration and deployment. Service is reliable, so long as your Wi-Fi network is up to the QoS needs of VoIP, and if it's not there is an option to use your carrier's service in place of your Wi-Fi for incoming/outgoing calls and texts. Google also offers a basic automated attendant and call routing which is unavailable with the free version.

I give them a 6/10 because while they are well-intentioned and answer the phone if you have complex technical issues or questions they may not be able to help you. To be fair this may have just been my experience, but IMHO I think google should choose a new company for their tech support or start doing it themselves.

Google Voice is very well suited to the small to medium sized business. I don't know if the infrastructure is great for a large organization, but then again, I am not a large organization so it very well may be. If you are looking to save money when starting a business then Google Voice is a no-brainer.

We haven't had to use support much in the 2 years we've had the product, but as with most things Google, it is very hard to get someone on the phone or chat to help you. Support mostly consists of community forums where other users help you with any issues.

I think Google Voice is a great option for individuals / workers that need to be accessible via different phones / phone numbers. Voice integrates these necessities into one easy-to-access location. One does not have to worry about missing calls with Google Voice connected on each device. An added benefit is the ability to choose a phone number with a specific area code. This enables individuals to either create phone numbers from their home location or locations where they work. The final positive that I would like to mention is the easy integration within the other Google services. Regarding areas of improvement, Voice is unable to make emergency calls and multimedia messaging can sometimes feel a bit complicated.

One often has to dig relatively deep into user forums in order to find the appropriate support regarding performance issues. Overall, the end-user support is rather limited and pales in comparison to competitors of Google Voice. I would say, the community for those who use Google Voice is fantastic - and they often have helpful and insightful feedback for those who run into issues.

Helps preserve your anonymity. You can link your classroom or cell phone to it and the receiver will only see the number google assigned you,

The documentation online is very helpful.

Google Voice is a useful feature in the Google suite which allows you to perform calls and texts with an internet connection. This is great in scenarios where you may not have a good cellular connection, but have access to an internet connection. Google Voice is also useful for keeping records of calls and texts due to its ability to search through texts and translate voicemails to text which then becomes searchable as well.

Google Voice has built-in support that is directly accessible within the application. The searchable help documentation provides information on the different features within Google Voice. There are also videos demonstrating how to use Google Voice, which are available on YouTube. Anything else can be found via a quick Google search.

Google Voice is well suited for a team that would like its employees to text/call one number. When an employee confirms for a shift, or is running late, everyone on my team sees it, but only one person needs to respond. It's very helpful to have that visibility, especially so that everyone on the team knows that texts/calls are being responded to. It can be an issue however when an employee wants to speak to someone directly on the team, and tries calling that number only to get someone else picking up. But usually, we just direct the employee to that specific person's direct phone line, as the Google Voice number is not the phone number associated with the phone.

They do not offer support unless you have the Business account for Google Voice under G Suite. This is tough, because Google doesn't really have a customer support team for this service, so when it gets shut down for a few hours, we have no choice but to wait it out. But this doesn't happen that often, which is great.

Google Events is well suited to providing a platform upon which multiple people can be logged on and work at once. It is ill suited in how one is not able to mark messages as unread, or flag them to respond to them later, since when many messages are coming and going at the same time, it is very easy for messages to slip between the cracks and never be responded to.

I have not been the employee who has interacted with the Google Voice support services, so I do not know.

Google Voice is great for communicating with a relatively small number of individuals. There’s no mass texting ability and, if you do need to communicate with a large number of people on an individual basis, you will quickly max out your daily limit. If you want to text a large number of people, you’ll probably want to invest in a different service or create multiple Voice numbers. I have no qualms about Voice’s voicemail functionality, but phone calls will come at a cost unless you are using Voice as an intermediary for a paid line.

Google makes great products, but on the rare occasion that you have a problem, it’s virtually impossible to get in touch with anyone.

You can compare this to Skype for Business or using Google Hangouts, but we like Google Voice because of the features and easy way to communicate. Not all people have to have the Google Voice app for communication to work, people only call a phone number without depending on both having the same app.

Like always, Google's support is great.

I can't think of a negative point about Google Voice, there are just so many things it does right!

I have never had to call for support for Google Voice.

Many of our users rely on their mobile devices, especially when out in the field or in our other areas and this is where google voice shines for us. It allows all of the devices to be linked and calls made from any of them without any complications, and it will also work great with multiple numbers. Number consolidation is easy and this the number the person getting the call will see.

Support was not as involved as we would have liked but as mentioned we have not had many major issues that we could not resolve on our own. Many requests have ended up getting forwarded to our help desk and was usually resolved by an onsite technician that is employed by us.