Google
Voice to
Merge Into Hangouts, Report Says
The creeping shadow that is
Google+ 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, 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
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
**OOOOOOOO-Google plans to kill Google Voice in coming months, integrate features Into Hangouts http://t.co/7xZjuELZWh
— Mr. Mazurek (@mrmazurek) March 19, 2014
**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...
— dash (@dashgopinath) March 19, 2014
The rumored change is particularly interesting in the wake of
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