Google Voice

Day 2 Day Use

Kommentare: Great. I have a google voice for the group I’m affiliated with and then I have one for my own professional services. I recommend it to everyone.

Vorteile:

I love being able to nearly custom pick the phone number to support my business needs. Ima apart of a group called AA GUTS. So the number that I searched for was ###-GET-GUTS to help promote the group but to also have a rememberable for the newcomer. All the text and calls come straight to my phone with great security benefits to help screen callers if need be. Voicemail is a free add on. All of your contacts stored to you gmail account so if you switch devices your contacts go with you.

Nachteile:

Uh, checking my voicemail is a pain sometimes. As a group we rotate this number out and everything you have to reassign your phone number to google number. Sometimes the constant back and forth signing in is a nag. Would be nice to allow multiple contacts remain signed in.

Voiced Opinion for Google

Kommentare: Google Voice is excellent. Just fix the copy and paste feature when I try to copy and paste a text on the browser.

Vorteile:

I love that Google Voice allows me the opportunity to set boundaries between my business and personal lives. The app lets me easily connect with clients but also helps me not answer calls or texts outside of office hours.

Nachteile:

I don’t like that the copy and paste feature copies just the whole message. I wish I could just copy the plain message.

Google voice is great software for small business.

Kommentare: Google voice is a good software to use to screen your calls if you have a small business.

Vorteile:

I like the fact that I can screen and forward my calls.

Nachteile:

The Google voice could use some updates but overall is a great software.

Excellent call quality and telephony service

Vorteile:

I like the most about Google Voice is that it has an excellent call quality. It assigns you a personal number and you can call for free all over in USA or from another country to USA. A subscription can also be taken to call internationally which I was frequently using in Hangouts but I will be using this feature of Voice as well in future.

Nachteile:

It asks you to select a region for assigning a number. I feel that for a beginner, it can be a little tricky. I think Voice should auto-detect the location and assigns a number automatically based on it. I hope they improve on that in future. Other than that, I like everything that Voice offers.

Great Option and Excellent Value for Startups/Small Business

Kommentare: After I was able to find a phone number I liked, setup and use was as easy as could be. Having a desk phone for use in my office was important, so I checked prior to going with Google Voice to make sure this would be an option. G-Voice made setup of the desk phone super simple. I made sure to buy a desk phone that would be compatible with G-Voice. When the phone came, I was able to plug it in and follow the instructions given on Google Workspace, under Voice settings, for setting up a desk phone. It took a few minutes and my phone was configured and working perfect. I have not experienced any of the quality issues I was initially worried about. So, overall, Google Voice has been a great option for me as a small business.

Vorteile:

Like most software when starting a business, the best thing is the quality-to-cost, or value, that is super important. Google Voice shines in this regard. You can get a business phone setup and running in no time and at half the cost of a traditional landline service. I admit that I was initially concerned about the quality of an "internet" phone service handling important business calls, but I have not had a single problem with quality, or calls being dropped, or clients being unable to hear me, etc. I've even discovered that there are hidden advantages over a traditional landline phone when the power goes out, the phone lines go down, or even when the internet is down. While the traditional landline goes out when the phone line goes down, Google Voice doesn't skip a beat because I am able to connect via the internet or the Voice app on my smartphone-- anywhere.

Nachteile:

The one thing that drove me a little crazy at setup was the way that phone numbers are assigned/chosen. You have that ability to search for different area codes or number combinations, but holy smokes is it time consuming to try to find the best numbers that work for a business. I understand when you're just handing out free Google Voice numbers to consumers, but for a business you would think there might be an option to select numbers that are easy to remember-- things like "1122" or "7575," etc. I was able to eventually find a number that I liked, but it took several attempts spaced out over a few days. This number is going to be placed on business cards, websites, ads, and it will become part of the business.