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[Q] Google Voice and Google Talk

I got my Xoom this morning and I am absolutely in love. My only issue is that I'm not able to install the Google Voice app to get my text messages and phone calls forwarded to my tablet. I don't believe Google Talk has the same abilities as Google Voice. I haven't tried sideloading the APK yet but does anyone else have any ideas or did I just miss some functionality of Google Talk?

I went out looking for Google Voice too, but it appears that it's not available for Honeycomb yet.
Hopefully this is a temporary thing.

I hope so too cause I'm really lazy and would rather do my text messages on my tablet when I'm using it. I guess I could always just log on the Google Voice website but notifications would be better.

agreed... I want GVoice too.

Anyone tried sideloading the APK to see if that works? I'll try when I get home if no one has by then

side loaded
Yep I was able to install google voice but get an error when trying to to launch it

Go to the web site, that's how I have been doing it until the app comes out.
I really want to make voip calls via gvoice.
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agentpower said:
I really want to make voip calls via gvoice.
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Does the Xoom have a microphone? I was actually wondering how the front facing cam would be beneficial (video conference-wise) without audio.

Yes it does have a mic. I used the TIKL app on it to talk to my bestie. TIKL is like having a nextel walkie talkie for those who might know.
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If you're using Google Voice..

You will have noticed that there are a couple of glaring issues. Voicemail notifications don't make it out of the app to anywhere in the phone (like the notifications bar). In the call log, outgoing calls get recorded as the Google bridge number instead of the number you dialed.
Please call Samsung. Inevitably the first layer of support won't be able to do anything so ask for 'Advanced technical support'. They obviously won't be able to offer a solution either, so ask them to submit a feedback ticket. If they receive enough of these, they will look into it with Google.

Happened to me the first couple days I had my phone. Did a reset and it cleared up the notification issue with Google Voice for me though. I've heard of others who got theirs on launch day have the same issue i'm guessing something to do with the activation servers being slammed.

What did you reset?

vinuneuro said:
What did you reset?
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Just did a factory reset in settings.

I had a problem installing Google Voice at first too. An error pops up when it gets to the part where you configure your phone's voicemail setting. I just backed out of the app and restarted my phone. It's working fine now after the restart.

I got the voicemail notifications working by going back to 0.4.2.34.
Do outgoing calls show up incorrectly for both of you in the call log?
Google Voice is very very well integrated in stock ICS from what I've seen and confirmed to be working in CM9 already. As a new Android user without having used stock ICS I think I prefer some things in TW better so I wanted to get this working. Hopefully stock ICS and CM9 will be as good as users here rave about since that'll solve all the GV issues completely.

vinuneuro said:
I got the voicemail notifications working by going back to 0.4.2.34.
Do outgoing calls show up incorrectly for both of you in the call log?
Google Voice is very very well integrated in stock ICS from what I've seen and confirmed to be working in CM9 already. As a new Android user without having used stock ICS I think I prefer some things in TW better so I wanted to get this working. Hopefully stock ICS and CM9 will be as good as users here rave about since that'll solve all the GV issues completely.
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I have no issues with my Sprint phone that integrates well

vinuneuro said:
\ In the call log, outgoing calls get recorded as the Google bridge number instead of the number you dialed.
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It's always been like that, you must be new!

I only use google voice for voicemail, and I had no problems with it.

Copyright5 said:
It's always been like that, you must be new!
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it's not like that on my HTC One XL; the contact/number i called shows up in the call log and i can redial from the call log. with my SGS 3, the bridge number appears in the call log and is unassociated with the contact/number dialed. for me, that's not good because i use my GV number as a biz contact number. and what's the deal with the email client... whoops! sorry, that's for another thread!

Wait, I'm lost.
I thought Verizon disables Voice. I can't make it work for voicemail. Same with my last 3 Verizon phones .

Google voice working well here too
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I also have the bridge number in call log issue and this did NOT happen on the Galaxy S II.
An hoping that it's a Google voice bug rather than a bug in the T-Mobile version of ICS.
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Can someone post the working apk?
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I've been having the annoying issue of it not registering properly during voicemail setup. Always worked just fine on my GSII.
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Works fine on my Sprint version. Only problem I'm having is voicemail won't integrate with the call log like it did on CM9.

Google voice/hangouts integration going live?

My buddy on his oneplus one texted me with hangouts and i'm getting it from his google voice number. I had him text a random friend of mine and the number shows up as his google voice number as well. MMS not working via hangouts for google voice. it just sends it via the phones number instead of the google voice number.
Can anyone test this to see if google voice/hangouts integration is working?

biggiestuff said:
My buddy on his oneplus one texted me with hangouts and i'm getting it from his google voice number. I had him text a random friend of mine and the number shows up as his google voice number as well. MMS not working via hangouts for google voice. it just sends it via the phones number instead of the google voice number.
Can anyone test this to see if google voice/hangouts integration is working?
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There is some Hangout/Voice integration going on.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2457...s-integration-no-google-account-required.html
It doesn't mention hangout mobile but would be cool if it did.

zoid_99 said:
There is some Hangout/Voice integration going on.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2457...s-integration-no-google-account-required.html
It doesn't mention hangout mobile but would be cool if it did.
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So far it seems that way for my buddy. I was hoping to get others to try and confirm. H'es on a oneplus one but i don't think CM11S has any special modification that allows this. So far pretty exciting.

biggiestuff said:
So far it seems that way for my buddy. I was hoping to get others to try and confirm. H'es on a oneplus one but i don't think CM11S has any special modification that allows this. So far pretty exciting.
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it does
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1qtsgo/voice_in_cyanogenmod_allows_for_google_voice_and/

Yeah sorry guys nothing to see here. It's CM and voice plus that's allowing the integration.
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Google Voice offers web-based calls through Hangouts, no G+ profile needed http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/23/google-voice-offers-web-based-calls-through-hangouts-no-g-prof/ via Engadget Android

[Q] What voiemail app to "unlocked" phones come with?

I know this is a trivial question, but I've never bought an unlocked phone and was just thinking....What voicemail app to these phones come with?
Since I'll be using it on At&t, will I be able to download the At&t VVM app....... Or will I need to use the, dying, Google Voice? Or will it have a built in Voicemail app?
Like I said, very minor question, but one I wonder about?

tele_jas said:
I know this is a trivial question, but I've never bought an unlocked phone and was just thinking....What voicemail app to these phones come with?
Since I'll be using it on At&t, will I be able to download the At&t VVM app....... Or will I need to use the, dying, Google Voice? Or will it have a built in Voicemail app?
Like I said, very minor question, but one I wonder about?
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My assumption is that you will use the voicemail of whatever service you activate it on. From there, you can dial in to listen to your voicemails or download the carrier's app to visually access it.
I still use Google Voice.

Bwangster12 said:
My assumption is that you will use the voicemail of whatever service you activate it on. From there, you can dial in to listen to your voicemails or download the carrier's app to visually access it.
I still use Google Voice.
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I like Google Voice, but it didn't play well with my M9 and the VoLTE in my area.... So I had to use the At&t VVM app.
I'll probably just switch back to GV.

tele_jas said:
I like Google Voice, but it didn't play well with my M9 and the VoLTE in my area.... So I had to use the At&t VVM app.
I'll probably just switch back to GV.
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I use and love Google Voice. Voicemails are built into my dialer, and I don't have to deal with the bull of calling a number and entering in my pin and whatnot. Plus I get an email when I get a voicemail, and a text with a decent transcription.

chris23445 said:
I use and love Google Voice. Voicemails are built into my dialer, and I don't have to deal with the bull of calling a number and entering in my pin and whatnot. Plus I get an email when I get a voicemail, and a text with a decent transcription.
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I used Google Voice since 2012 up until last month... It's always been my favorite for those reasons as well. So I'll probably go back to it.... But I did read somewhere that it was probably not going to be supported/updated for too much longer... Or may completely be integrated with Hangouts.

tele_jas said:
I used Google Voice since 2012 up until last month... It's always been my favorite for those reasons as well. So I'll probably go back to it.... But I did read somewhere that it was probably not going to be supported/updated for too much longer... Or may completely be integrated with Hangouts.
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I'd say if you like it, keep using it until we can't use it any longer! I would think if they remove Google Voice support that Hangouts would be integrated with the dialer just as well. That would be my hope at least.

tele_jas said:
I know this is a trivial question, but I've never bought an unlocked phone and was just thinking....What voicemail app to these phones come with?
Since I'll be using it on At&t, will I be able to download the At&t VVM app....... Or will I need to use the, dying, Google Voice? Or will it have a built in Voicemail app?
Like I said, very minor question, but one I wonder about?
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Yes, you can download the AT&T VVM app from the play store and it will function properly. I have done the same for the Moto G with no problems. I have been using the Unlocked Moto G and AT&T VVM all week.

Google Voice, FTW. I even use it with an Obi device for my home phone. Haven't had a a home phone bill in five years.

In my experience with an unlocked Z3 on AT&T, AT&T's voicemail will automatically take pretty much everything. I tried to setup with my Google Voice Voicemail but it never seemed to work correctly. I am hoping the Moto X Pure, being an American device wheres my Z3 was imported, will play nicer with my preferences.

VZW - Anyone figure out Visual Voicemail?

Anyone figure this out yet? I tried to download the Visual Voicemail from the Play Store and it shows as non-compatible. I tried the older Visual Voice Mail for Nexus by Verizon and it doesn't set up, it just hangs. I've been getting these weird text messages every time I get a voicemail (900080006202 //VZWVVM:SYNC:ev....). I have to dial *86 to retrieve messages.

I set up Google Voice on mine and I'm on VZW. I haven't fully tested it yet, but I have the history of previous voicemail all downloaded again in the app, so it looks like it's working.
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caifan said:
Anyone figure this out yet? I tried to download the Visual Voicemail from the Play Store and it shows as non-compatible. I tried the older Visual Voice Mail for Nexus by Verizon and it doesn't set up, it just hangs. I've been getting these weird text messages every time I get a voicemail (900080006202 //VZWVVM:SYNC:ev....). I have to dial *86 to retrieve messages.
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visual voicemail is a problem. i had it turned off and basic turned on now i get the normal voicemail notification.. i was getting the same cryptic sms messages.

I called CS and told them to turn off VVM and just leave basic. I'm still getting the cryptic text messages and there is no way for me to know if I have a voice mail waiting. I'll try again and report back.

I was on the phone with tier 2 tech support this morning. We downloaded a couple apps. Couldn't get any of them to work. He didn't have any idea how long it will take to get it. He said continue to check for updates. Eventually, something will be released. I remember it took awhile for the N6 app to be released from Motorola.
I use phone fusion now. The transcription service is much better than youmail or Google voice. The app isn't so great, but it does the trick.
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caifan said:
I called CS and told them to turn off VVM and just leave basic. I'm still getting the cryptic text messages and there is no way for me to know if I have a voice mail waiting. I'll try again and report back.
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I talked to another CS rep and he successfully removed VVM. With basic voice mail, I no longer get the cryptic text messages and now I get prompted when there is voice mail waiting. I then successfully configured Google Voice to handle my voicemails and now my voice mails appear in the native dialer's voice mail tab after I selected the "Voicemail display" option in the Google Voice app. All is well and will await VZW's support for the 6P.

I've been using youmail for a couple of years now. I've never used VVM from verizon. They take enough of my money.... Not giving them another dime over what I have to. Youmail is free. I've liked it. Not for everyone but worth a try

For my Nexus 6p on Verizon I had to get google voicemail, change to GV for default VM in Call settings, and dial *71XXXXXXX (GV number). The text should not appear now that GV will pick up the notification. This means voicemail will be saved in your GV and not on Verizon. Until Verizon includes 6p as a compatible device for its visual voicemail app, this would be the solution. FYI, there is a visual voicemail Nexus that we can download. That doesn't work either.

caifan said:
I talked to another CS rep and he successfully removed VVM. With basic voice mail, I no longer get the cryptic text messages and now I get prompted when there is voice mail waiting. I then successfully configured Google Voice to handle my voicemails and now my voice mails appear in the native dialer's voice mail tab after I selected the "Voicemail display" option in the Google Voice app. All is well and will await VZW's support for the 6P.
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Yeah, I just chatted with CS and asked them to remove Visual Voice Mail from my line. Once She did that i stopped getting the odd texts and started getting the regular notifications again.

I managed to get the visual voicemail that I backed up from my 6. it shows in my apps but when you try to open This app is not supported on this device. I hope verizon can update it or someone hack the apk to make it work.

supertoast92 said:
I set up Google Voice on mine and I'm on VZW. I haven't fully tested it yet, but I have the history of previous voicemail all downloaded again in the app, so it looks like it's working.
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So, I spoke a little too soon on this one lol.
I spent all day yesterday trying to get it to work. What finally worked for me was going on my desktop to the Google Voice website, and from there, disabling voicemail for my line and then re-enabling. For some reason, the number the site had me punch in for *71XXXXXXXXXX, where the X's represent your Google number, was different than what both my app and what the Google Voice homepage on my desktop showed. Works great now. (Except I'd like to figure out how to sync the voicemail screen in the Phone app with the GV app.)
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What a pain. I was also receiving the cryptic text messages. I spent about 30 minutes in chat with Verizon. They actually told me the phone was not supported on their network. They claimed "The imei number should begin with 35 or 99". "It does not work in our system. That device imei number is registered to a Huawei" I explained who Huawei was and that the phone worked fine except for voice mail. I got Google Voice setup while I was in chat. They never would acknowledge that this phone should work fine. They did finally say "If it recognized the device, I am sure the visual voicemail problems would disappear!" and "check back with us within a few days just to see if there is an update!"

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I've been using youmail for a couple of years now. I've never used VVM from verizon. They take enough of my money.... Not giving them another dime over what I have to. Youmail is free. I've liked it. Not for everyone but worth a try
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You do know this service is included (free) right?

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You do know this service is included (free) right?
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The product known as Verizon Visual Voicemail is not free in my experience. They charge $2.99 per month to use it. The new Android Visual Voicemail built into Marshmallow is free, once Verizon supports it. This maybe obvious to you, but just throwing it out there for anyone else that comes across this.

mkitchin said:
The product known as Verizon Visual Voicemail is not free in my experience. They charge $2.99 per month to use it. The new Android Visual Voicemail built into Marshmallow is free, once Verizon supports it. This maybe obvious to you, but just throwing it out there for anyone else that comes across this.
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Gotcha. I had to double check I did find out that there's a Premium version for $2.99. I have Basic which is Free for me. Obviously as we established currently not working on my 6P and I'm using YouMail. LOL

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So, I spoke a little too soon on this one lol.
I spent all day yesterday trying to get it to work. What finally worked for me was going on my desktop to the Google Voice website, and from there, disabling voicemail for my line and then re-enabling. For some reason, the number the site had me punch in for *71XXXXXXXXXX, where the X's represent your Google number, was different than what both my app and what the Google Voice homepage on my desktop showed. Works great now. (Except I'd like to figure out how to sync the voicemail screen in the Phone app with the GV app.)
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To sync the phone dialer voicemail screen with GV, you have to open up GV and in settings tick the box for Voicemail display.
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Yeah now that I've figured out Google voice. It's great having it right in the dialer and also having the ability to get transcripts (although often poorly) in the app and my email is awesome. It just seems so natural with the nexus. Doubt I'll go back. It's free, just a pain to set up initially. Seamless now. Key is logging into Google voice on the desktop to get it set up properly.
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To sync the phone dialer voicemail screen with GV, you have to open up GV and in settings tick the box for Voicemail display.
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Thanks for the reply. I actually did already have this checked, and the phone log does receive voicemails, but deleting from the log doesn't seem to delete from the Voice app itself, or move it to the trash folder...does it for you?
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I hope they update the app sometime soon I miss the visual voicemail and won't use another service. I mean myverizon app works. Hell I'd be happy if someone hacked the apk to work if thats even possible.

Get Google Voice texts & voicemails in Hangouts
I use Google Voice instead of Verizon for my voicemail. You can get Google Voice texts & voicemails in Hangouts on the web and app: link for help
On my Nexus 6p, I get my voicemail in the Hangouts apps, no need to install Google Voice. Voicemail audio/transcription appear in Hangouts. I have a Pebble watch, I can read my voicemail messages on my wrist.
Hope this helps!