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03-19-2014, 07:31 AM
Google Voice to Merge Into Hangouts, Report Says
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The creeping shadow that is Google+ (http://mashable.com/category/google-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) is about to touch one of the company's most beloved products: Google Voice.
The company's free VoIP phone-call, texting, voicemail and voicemail-transcription product will soon merge with the Google+ Hangouts apps on both iOS and Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), leading to the complete elimination of Google Voice as a separate service, according to 9to5Mac.
See also: Google Voice Mistaken Identity Leads to Epic Exchange (http://9to5google.com/2014/03/18/google-plans-kill-google-voice-in-months-integrate-features-into-hangouts/)
Devoted users of Google Voice are already expressing concern that the change could impact the product experience in unforeseen ways, as well as drive them into deeper integration with Google+ — even if they have ** particular interest in Google's social-networking service.
Argh... seriously WTF Google.
You will **t force me into G+/Hangouts ** matter how hard to try. I don't want it.... http://t.co/LO7W6UHo1j
— Brian Gaudenti (@bgaudenti) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/bgaudenti/statuses/446082390629179392)
**OOOOOOOO-Google plans to kill Google Voice in coming months, integrate features into Hangouts http://t.co/7xZjuELZWh
— Mr. Mazurek (@mrmazurek) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/mrmazurek/statuses/446092930361868288)
**t relevant to **n-US folks, but as someone who relies on Google Voice as my primary number, this is concerning: http://t.co/T3ZlHgGzWi Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/google-voice-to-hangouts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
— dash (@dashgopinath) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/dashgopinath/statuses/446076994124390400)
The rumored change is particularly interesting in the wake of
More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Software (http://mashable.com/category/software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Voice (http://mashable.com/category/google-voice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Hangouts (http://mashable.com/category/google-hangouts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/zDT2OiwQlnM
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The creeping shadow that is Google+ (http://mashable.com/category/google-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) is about to touch one of the company's most beloved products: Google Voice.
The company's free VoIP phone-call, texting, voicemail and voicemail-transcription product will soon merge with the Google+ Hangouts apps on both iOS and Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), leading to the complete elimination of Google Voice as a separate service, according to 9to5Mac.
See also: Google Voice Mistaken Identity Leads to Epic Exchange (http://9to5google.com/2014/03/18/google-plans-kill-google-voice-in-months-integrate-features-into-hangouts/)
Devoted users of Google Voice are already expressing concern that the change could impact the product experience in unforeseen ways, as well as drive them into deeper integration with Google+ — even if they have ** particular interest in Google's social-networking service.
Argh... seriously WTF Google.
You will **t force me into G+/Hangouts ** matter how hard to try. I don't want it.... http://t.co/LO7W6UHo1j
— Brian Gaudenti (@bgaudenti) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/bgaudenti/statuses/446082390629179392)
**OOOOOOOO-Google plans to kill Google Voice in coming months, integrate features into Hangouts http://t.co/7xZjuELZWh
— Mr. Mazurek (@mrmazurek) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/mrmazurek/statuses/446092930361868288)
**t relevant to **n-US folks, but as someone who relies on Google Voice as my primary number, this is concerning: http://t.co/T3ZlHgGzWi Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/google-voice-to-hangouts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
— dash (@dashgopinath) March 19, 2014 (https://twitter.com/dashgopinath/statuses/446076994124390400)
The rumored change is particularly interesting in the wake of
More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Software (http://mashable.com/category/software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Voice (http://mashable.com/category/google-voice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Hangouts (http://mashable.com/category/google-hangouts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/zDT2OiwQlnM