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 It may be an expected holiday gift, but it’s still a nice one: Google’s VoIP service in Gmail will remain free of charge for calls within the United States and Canada in 2013. A note on the Gmail Blog announced as much today; the news ushers in a thrilling third year of free Google Voice service for US and Canadian customers, right through the standard Gmail interface. . . . → Read More: Gmail phone calls remain free of charge in 2013 for US and Canada Google Voice callers who lean heavily on the Android app got an unwelcome side dish of predictable app crashes if they upgraded to Android 4.2 very quickly. Thankfully, the developers in Mountain View have been quick to get us back to the main course: a newly available update patches the relevant bug and lets us get back to messaging as usual . . . → Read More: Google Voice update cures Android 4.2 compatibility woes  The growing pains associated with being an early adopter can sometimes be brutal, as Android’s latest software bump doesn’t appear to jibe too well with one of Google’s most popular in-house apps. Prior to the Nexus 4′s official release , word of a Google Voice texting bug began to circulate, but was written off as pre-release jitters. However, it appears that the issue is expanding beyond the search giant’s newborn smartphone, as owners of the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus loaded with Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) are also experiencing crashes when attempting to compose a text message within Google Voice. . . . → Read More: D’oh: Google Voice force-closing text messages for Android 4.2 users  Despite it’s rocky start , we wouldn’t blame you for being a little jealous of Sprint’s tight integration with Google Voice . Well, the relationship between the two might not be exclusive for much longer. Vincent Paquet, Product Manager for Google Voice, told CNET in an interview that the web giant is actively talking to other carriers about forming a similar bond. . . . → Read More: Slick Google Voice integration may not be Sprint exclusive for long  A new version of Google Voice has just crawled out of the woodwork, and while the changes are minor, we think most users will like what’s in store. First and foremost, we were greeted with a new, darker interface that better matches Honeycomb’s design philosophy, along with a refreshed icon that more closely resembles the messaging app in Ice Cream Sandwich . . . . → Read More: Google Voice update for Android brings design refresh and asynchronous SMS Tango Networks is aiming to assuage the pain of US mobile users attempting to manage two phone numbers using a single device. Dubbed the Abrazo Multi-line Service, the cloud-based product aims to bring Google Voice integration to “all mobile phones” and allow wireless users to manage multiple numbers without the hassle of additional software — meaning your RAZR 2 can join the fun. . . . → Read More: Tango Networks offers cloud-based Google Voice integration to carriers  Tons of people have contacted us pointing to a Google+ group full of angry Sprint customers who have found themselves unable to contact Google Voice users on Verizon’s network. It seems that whenever you try to make a call, it rings once before returning a busy signal — but the problem goes away when the app is uninstalled. It looks like it’s isolated to Sprint users and the people who emailed in are really concerned, since they now use Google Voice for emergency calls . . . → Read More: Is Google Voice down between Sprint and Verizon?  Well, it’s about a month and a half behind its Android counterpart (and what feels like decades behind the web interface), but the iOS Google Voice app finally ( finally! ) has support for multi-recipient texting. Version 1.4.0.2372 adds few other nice tweaks, including one touch copy and paste on the dialpad and a larger text entry field with a character count but, obviously, the mass texting capabilities here steal the show. . . . → Read More: Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party  Well, it’s about a month and a half behind its Android counterpart (and what feels like decades behind the web interface), but the iOS Google Voice app finally ( finally! ) has support for multi-recipient texting. Version 1.4.0.2372 adds few other nice tweaks, including one touch copy and paste on the dialpad and a larger text entry field with a character count but, obviously, the mass texting capabilities here steal the show. So hit up the App Store to update now and start spamming all your friends. . . . → Read More: Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party  Sweet jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, it finally happened — Google Voice for Android now supports sending text messages to multiple recipients. Being able to have a single, archived repository of texts is great, but it was always somewhat bewildering that while you could send a mass SMS from the website you were stuck sending out individual missives on the app . Today’s update, version 0.4.2.38, finally gives Voice the power to spam your contacts — a pretty basic feature that even the lowliest of feature phones enjoys . . . → Read More: Google Voice for Android finally gets mass texting capabilities |
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