Changes/updates for Google Voice??
mo832:
Quote from: flamaest@gmail.com on January 30, 2017, 03:59:44 pm
The new G-Voice interface GUI will eventually remove the ability to get to the old G-Voice interface.
You will eventually not be able to select "Google Chat" anymore, unless a work around is noted, to control your 'forward' option to your OBIHAI.
I concur with the above comments. In addition:
I just received the update today. I noted at least one other important change for Obi users.
If you want to call somebody from the web page, there is no longer a "call" button. A look at the new help files reveals the following advice:
"To call someone you haven’t called before, use your phone instead.
To call someone you've already talked to:
<instructions to call from the browser>
xxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx "
WTF??
Ummm, if you are using it for the callback feature (and if you don't have an outgoing plan or don't have credit to call the target number), how do they expect that to happen? If you can't dial direct from your phone thru GV the first time, you can't ever select that number from a previous call.
This is especially relevant to those like myself who use a Callcentric DID for CNAM purposes, but don't use that number to dial out. The only way to insert your GV number on an outgoing call is to call from the web and have it ring your phone.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: flamaest@gmail.com on January 30, 2017, 03:59:44 pm
The new G-Voice interface GUI will eventually remove the ability to get to the old G-Voice interface.
You will eventually not be able to select "Google Chat" anymore, unless a work around is noted, to control your 'forward' option to your OBIHAI.
You are creating "fake news". Stop fussing over nothing. Google has not announced ANY plans to remove support for OBi devices.
LTN1:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 01, 2017, 04:35:08 pm
You are creating "fake news". Stop fussing over nothing. Google has not announced ANY plans to remove support for OBi devices.
It makes a segment of society feel better. They love to make fake news out of thin air--rather than relying on supportable facts. Never mind that Google Voice has been around for over 8 years...they need to feel that it could end very soon and that the "man" (Google), will give them the shaft...very "bigly."
SteveInWA:
Here is the announcement of the new GUIs for the web, Android and iOS, by Google employee and Forum Community Manager, Vanessa. Google is not taking away the ability do do anything you could do before. They simply released a new UI with the most-often-used features, and haven't yet moved over some of the lesser-used features. They are NOT going to simply turn off the "Legacy" UI; there are simply too many essential settings in the old UI that still need to be migrated (as noted in Vanessa's post). No, Google never publicly announces future plans, and no, they have not, nor will they, announce when the next round of UI changes may take place.
From: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/voice/NPMlx64-UBs
Vanessa, Community Manager @ Google (Google Employee)
Jan 23
Hi Everyone,
Today we announced an update to the Google Voice apps and web interface focusing on refreshing the look and feel, and improving speed and reliability.
We wanted to highlight some of the changes:
New Features:
Conversations stay in one continuous thread
Support for photo sharing and group messaging
New inbox with a separate tab for texts, calls and voicemails
Per message deletion (ability to delete a specific message). Right-click or long-press on a message to delete it.
Mark all items as read. You can now reset your unread counts and mark all calls, texts and voicemails as read. This is accessible from the app menu
Feature Changes:
Trash -- Deleting messages/calls is permanent. The new apps do not have a trash.
Archive -- Archiving now affects the entire conversation thread. If you receive a new message, the entire thread moves back out of archive and into the inbox. Archived messages can be found in the “Archived” folder.
Features not available in the new apps (Visit the legacy website to access these):
Some settings -- The updated apps don’t support changing all the existing Google Voice settings (e.g. voicemail greeting). To change one of the missing settings, open the left navigation in the web client and click “Legacy Google Voice” and change your settings there.
Batch actions (e.g. to delete multiple messages at a time). Please visit the legacy website to delete multiple messages at a time
Number porting, number deletion, number transfer between accounts
Adding credit for paid calls, billing history
Calling on web -- only available to numbers you have communicated with already (by text, phone or voicemail). You cannot dial a new number on web
Marking as unread, marking as starred
Activating Google Voice voicemail on a linked number
The Android app widget
If you currently use Hangouts for your Google Voice SMS and MMS, you can continue using Hangouts. Messages sent and received in Hangouts will stay in Hangouts and opting in or out of the Hangouts integration will not remove any messages (that means you can try opting into using the updated Google Voice apps and revert back to Hangouts without data loss). Voicemails are visible in both Hangouts and Google Voice apps. Similarly, all Google Voice users (regardless of whether you use Hangouts or the Google Voice apps) can make and receive calls in Hangouts over wifi or mobile data.
The Android and iOS apps are launching as an app update to existing Google Voice apps and will be rolling out over the next weeks. Once you start using one of the new mobile apps, your web experience will also be updated so you can continue to use voice.google.com on web.
If you have any specific questions, feel free to post here in the forum, and we’d be happy to help out!
Thank you!
Vanessa
Google Voice Community Manager
LeVinz:
I have a google voice number connected to my Obitalk, and we just changed internet providers. Now I can't make a call from my phone. Is this the right forum for this problem?
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