Google Voice

The icon design and name give the user no idea that this is “Google voice”. Similarly notifications use the same vague icon and we have no idea what is providing the notification.

The app works great, and it’s really convenient for when I don’t want to give my main phone number, but calls can be spotty, and the new logo is ugly.

There are so many things wrong with this app particularly using it on an iPhone. 1. iPhone will pick up the Voicemail before Google Voice, so even though you have a custom Voicemail it'll go to your iPhone voicemail, which defeats the purpose. 2. When you're writing a text, it will only show you one line at a time so if you have a typo, it makes it extremely difficult to find it and fix it. 3. When you go to look at a photo that someone texted to you, if you try to pinch the photo to zoom in it'll close the photo on you unless you are perfectly in the middle. There are other flaws, but just these three alone are astonishing for a company this big to not actually try out the product they make. The only positive thing is that it's free. I would not pay $0.10 a month for this.

Update: 6/6/26 For the version history can we get a detailed description of the “What’s New” rather than “Stability and Performance Improvements”? I want to know the improvements going on under the hood 😎 Update: I have been using this app since the beginning and I'm extremely happy with 2.0 update. Special thanks to all the Devs and QA folks who made this happen. Keep the updates coming. I would like to get a form of the quick dial feature back if that's in the grand design. It made it easier to dial on the road. Thanks It works perfectly on my 4th gen iPod. This and whistle is truly a contract-less, free phone experience. Winning!!!! Just updated to iOS 5 and still working good Update: I couldn't log in earlier today but I figured it out. The app is asking for an email/pass but you have to put in a user/pass to log in.

Was a good app/service until I tried to use it and it asked me to upload my ID. It’s a hard no for me. This is an insane requirement and a huge overreach by Google. If you’re looking to escape the Google ecosystem, let this be your driving force.

Google suspended my GV account that I had for three years because they said I violated the Terms of Service (spoiler: I did not). Now they will not restore a number I ported in! Be VERY careful using GV for anything important. I’ve filed complaints with the FCC and BBB. Let’s see what happens…

It is not working on my app store but I am done downloading it on my Apple Store app but I really do like this app .

I’ve tried many many times to have international calls to Taiwan(local phone number). And it is always hung up without any reason…. Could you please fix it?

I’ve been using this app for several years now and it always worked well on my iPad. I recently got another iPad and it randomly just switches to a screen with no menu, making it impossible to use. I have to shut the whole thing down and reboot the entire iPad to get it to load right again. It will do this literally 2 seconds after I’ve been on it using it. (I wish I could show you a screenshot as to what I see when it happens.) I keep looking for updates on it but haven’t seen any yet. Google, please fix this.

This is one of the first good burner app phone apps. Still offers no charge. A lot of other ones are trying to charge you now for verification codes. Google does not it’s private and semi secure. It’s just a solid app for what it’s for.