How to Make a VoIP Phone With Google Voice

Making VoIP Calls With Google Voice

What would you think about getting a VoIP phone that you can use to make calls without requiring an active cellular provider? Thanks to Google Voice, this is now turned into a reality.

Google Voice has been hanging around for quite a long time. But up until now, you could only receive incoming voice calls from your cell phone. Outgoing VoIP calling was never an option.

When you install Google Voice on your phone, it will ask you to link the service to the phone that you installed it on. This is so you can make and receive Google Voice calls using that service.

You also have the option to forward your incoming Google Voice number calls to your main phone number. You can also link the phone number during the setup process but then unlink it once the Google Voice app is installed.

In the past, if you installed Google Voice on a phone without cellular service, you would not be able to make outgoing calls. It is now made possible to sign up without a cellular data in the latest update.

On the final setup screen which is titled Call with Google Voice, you will see the calling options. These options include using Google Voice to make all your calls through your phone’s call application, only international calls, or to choose which number to use each time.

Setting Up Your Google Voice VoIP Phone

Once the application has been installed, you can conclude setting up your inactive phone as a VoIP phone by changing a few settings inside the Settings menu in the Google Voice application:

• First, choose Linked numbers, and delete the linked number that is connected to your main phone number.
• Next, Click on Make and receive calls, and Choose Prefer Wi-Fi and mobile data.
• Finally, choose Incoming calls, and ensure that the mobile phone you have installed the Google Voice application on is turned on.

If you set up Google Voice on a normal smartphone that has an already existing phone number, you can set up Google Voice to alert you about which phone number to make use of. In an area that has no active cell service, but access to Wi-Fi, you can choose to make the call via Google Voice.

If you are installing the application on an inactive smartphone, you would have to configure Google Voice to make the call without any alert or prompt.

Key Features of the Google Voice App

The Google Voice app on an inactive phone turns on all of the features that you would expect from a calling plan. That is, as long as you have access to a Wi-Fi network.

With Google Voice, you can send SMS text messages or make phone calls to any phone number. You would even have access to a voicemail system that is as good or better than any voicemail system you would get on any cellular calling plan.

The biggest advantage over a cellular service is that you get all of these awesome features for free.