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Google may soon kill Google Voice and fold it into Hangouts
Google may soon kill Google Voice and fold it into Hangouts
Google Voice has always been an oddity of an app. Diehard users love it, and
often complain about how Google hasn't really done much to support the
service (which still can't handle MMS for most users, and is limited to the
U.S. only). On the other hand, many people don't know or care what Google
Voice is because there is rarely any news about it. But, no news may be good
news, because there is a new report that says Google Voice may soon be
killed off.
It has been clear for a while now that Hangouts is seen as the unified
communications platform for Google as we move forward. Hangouts has already
taken over the instant messaging duties from Google Talk, the group
messaging tasks from Google+ Messenger, and it has become the default SMS
handler app for Android devices. Soon, Google Voice may be added to the list
of services absorbed by Hangouts.
A new report is suggesting that possibly even within the next few months,
Google Voice may be killed off and its functionality could be folded into
Hangouts. The interesting thing here is that this could actually mean a new
feature that wasn't present in either mobile app before: VoIP calling.
Google Voice is a passthrough service, meaning that Google calls the number
you want and calls you and connects the two in the background. It is not a
VoIP service which would simply initiate a straight call over a data
connection. And, Hangouts does video or audio chat between users, but not
VoIP calling. But, when combining the two services that could change, and
that could even be a change that would be made available to iOS users (
assuming Apple approves the update).
The details are all very limited right now though, but it does sound like
the functionality of Google Voice won't disappear, just the standalone app.
Given the timeline of "the next few months", we're assuming that if this is
all true, it will be part of the Google I/O announcements, and possibly even
be connected to Android 4.5 KitKat, which has been rumored for announcement
towards the end of June. We'll have to wait and see though.
Google may soon kill Google Voice and fold it into Hangouts
Google Voice has always been an oddity of an app. Diehard users love it, and
often complain about how Google hasn't really done much to support the
service (which still can't handle MMS for most users, and is limited to the
U.S. only). On the other hand, many people don't know or care what Google
Voice is because there is rarely any news about it. But, no news may be good
news, because there is a new report that says Google Voice may soon be
killed off.
It has been clear for a while now that Hangouts is seen as the unified
communications platform for Google as we move forward. Hangouts has already
taken over the instant messaging duties from Google Talk, the group
messaging tasks from Google+ Messenger, and it has become the default SMS
handler app for Android devices. Soon, Google Voice may be added to the list
of services absorbed by Hangouts.
A new report is suggesting that possibly even within the next few months,
Google Voice may be killed off and its functionality could be folded into
Hangouts. The interesting thing here is that this could actually mean a new
feature that wasn't present in either mobile app before: VoIP calling.
Google Voice is a passthrough service, meaning that Google calls the number
you want and calls you and connects the two in the background. It is not a
VoIP service which would simply initiate a straight call over a data
connection. And, Hangouts does video or audio chat between users, but not
VoIP calling. But, when combining the two services that could change, and
that could even be a change that would be made available to iOS users (
assuming Apple approves the update).
The details are all very limited right now though, but it does sound like
the functionality of Google Voice won't disappear, just the standalone app.
Given the timeline of "the next few months", we're assuming that if this is
all true, it will be part of the Google I/O announcements, and possibly even
be connected to Android 4.5 KitKat, which has been rumored for announcement
towards the end of June. We'll have to wait and see though.
