Google remembers Voice exists, provides new missed name and caller ID options

Google announced it’s including new caller ID, missed name, and SMS message options to Google Voice on Wednesday. The in any other case minor replace is notable as a result of Google Voice has fallen to the wayside whereas Google targeted on different messaging boondoggles.

From the missed calls or voicemail sections of the cell Google Voice app, now you can study why you might need missed a name (for instance, Do Not Disturb was on), and obtain instructions on the right way to ensure that doesn’t occur once more (turning Do Not Disturb off). Google can also be making it simpler to redial dropped calls and change to your cell community in case your Wi-Fi connection was the explanation your name failed.

If you utilize Google Voice on iOS to ahead calls to your private quantity, now you possibly can have the app show your Google Voice quantity on caller ID relatively than the unique linked quantity. SMS messages can now be deleted in bulk on the internet model of Google Voice as nicely.

Google’s numerous makes an attempt to attach folks exterior of Gmail have lengthy been considerably confused — we’ve even made a timeline of the journey to date — however Voice, specifically, has felt forgotten within the wake of Google Fi providing a extra conventional telephone service. Voice acquired a redesign in 2018, and a dark mode in 2020, however as a business-oriented Workspace product, it hasn’t actually acquired as many dramatic evolutions as Google’s wild stabs at textual content and video chats. For the dedicated Google Voice consumer not prone to forgetting the service exists, that is perhaps for the perfect.