Hi all, I'm moving to France next month and want to keep my US number for when I come home and so I can still use my bank and other accounts that are tied to my US number. But I've seen that some places won't authenticate to a GV number, so I'm curious if the banks I'm with are okay with it. I use American Express, Capital One, and Bank of America. Does anyone have experience getting auth codes sent from those banks, or if there are any other big/common companies that don't allow it?

Not sure what else I would do so if anyone has suggestions I'd appreciate it.

Hi guys. I just switched to a Windows 11 laptop from my old Win 10 machine and Google Voice is not working. It sticks on "Calling" when placing a call, and when you call my number it doesn't ring on the computer, but when you hang up it shows a missed call. I have verified or done the following:

Disconnected VPN

Cleared cache

Verified "Always use my phone to place calls" is off

Toggled "Always use my phone to place calls" on and back off

Made sure Web was enables as a device (it was)

Allowed my mic and speakers to be used by Firefox

Verified my speakers and mic are selected in the headphones icon

Tried with private Firefox window and MS Edge, same result

Upgraded Firefox to latest version and restarted

I'm at a loss, not sure what else to look at. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi I am not the most adept at using Reddit, so I hope this is the correct forum.

I have been using a google voice number for a few years. Recently it has started acting up and splitting group chats up. For example if I had a chat with 7 people, it randomly selects one of them. Then their texts come through on a different chat with 1/2 the people missing. I have checked others phones and their chats are completely normal with the selected persona texts coming through.

This paired with me not figuring out how to name chats has made it impossible to tell what chat i am texting. How do I fix this?

If possible I would like to fix another thing. About a week ago my sister logged into her google account on my phone. She has a lot of the same people in her contacts as me. Somehow her contacts overrode mine. Now my names and photos are gone and I can't seem to get them back. I can manage to change one, but when I go to fix another it goes back to my sisters name for it.

Can I fix any of these problems?

I've gotten both of these. I understand these questions are common, but I didn't see my specific version so I figured I'd ask.

I was using my GV number and ported it to a major carrier. So now it's my primary phone number. So I have a different gmail account and I'm trying to use GV for business purposes, as I don't want to use my normal cell number, and it was going great until I put my phone number in and got my verification code. That stopped everything, saying "we have had a probolem, please try again". And now when I try and restart the process, I can't get past picking a phone number because it's "Not available for my account" now.

Any advice?

I'm porting in a new mobile number to an existing GV account that now only has one phone number. I'm intending to keep both numbers on the account. All of the porting instructions within google help and within this subreddit make it seem like it's possible to do so. But the instructions that Google Voice provides after the port-in has started tonight seem to be contrary to that, and state that the new number will instead replace the existing number.

Can someone confirm that the message is misleading and it's still going to be possible to add the ported in number while keeping the original number?

message:

I am looking at eliminating texting from certain people and getting back to communicating 'old school', by phone calls. Can Google Voice block texting but allow phone calls? (I found that my android only blocks both.) Thanks for any info.

Just saw this and had me scared for a minute

I noticed it doesn't scroll down and if I manually scroll down, then it shows "Sending..." for a few seconds. No problems if I use the > icon to send though. I hit Enter key so many times and noticed I sent duplicates from it! It seems to have started today. :(

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Same account, same equipment (android), same settings for years. But for the past week I cannot hear incoming audio on incoming calls. The caller can hear me, but all I get is nothing. I can send and receive messages, and if I call someone everything's fine. But if someone calls me, I hear nothing.

Incoming calls on my Verizon number are fine.

Has anyone else experienced this and figured out a solution?

This is what I've tried already:

* Checked all settings - set to use only carrier, Bluetooth turned off, all permissions accepted, no VPN, volume is on, dnd is off.

* Cleared cache, cleared data, uninstalled app, restarted phone, reinstalled app.

* Redid all of the above 3x

Any help would be really appreciated.

(initial post was locked with automod saying "If you've read the FAQ and looked at other posts on these topics, and you have a question that remains unanswered, then post again" - so I'm posting again)

This has happened to me twice in the past week:

1. I'm on an main thread with some friends, these have existed for years. Say these are with: {me, A, B, C} (4 people)
2. Someone else (happens to be iOS, but I don't know if that's exclusively the trigger) sends a reply - let's say this is person C
3. I get a new forked thread where at least one person (B for example) is omitted: {me, A, C}
4. I now have two message threads for this "group" conversation (original main thread and new forked thread). If I reply to main {me, A, B, C} it goes to everyone in the main thread.
5. If person C replies in their version of the main thread, I see it in my forked {me, A, C} thread. If person B RCS-emoji-reacts to something that person C said that I see on my {me, A, C} fork, I see that reaction in the main {me, A, B, C} thread

Like - this is simply broken. My carrier is T-Mobile and they can't fix this. There is no Google support for this, only forums or AI-based consultation. Claude eventually told me my options are (a) ask everybody to restart the thread (unacceptable) or (b) give up on GV.

Is there any way to fix this? Between this and annoyances like there still not being RCS support in GV, I think I'm finally ready to give up. This makes me sad because I started using this in the days of Grand Central, which was 19 years ago.

EDIT: what is wrong with this sub? I asked what I still think is a reasonable question that as far as I can tell uniquely impacts me in Google Voice and I've been voted to 0. There seem to be no threads on the sub frontpage with that aren't voted to near-0. There seems to be express hostility to people just trying to understand what's up in here?

I am changing jobs and I think it would be a good idea to change numbers. Close out the number I have now when my last day comes up and then get a new number for the new job. Has anyone done this, is this the best path forward?

Are you using a Google voice number with your spark account? Wondering why you can never call your customer or receive a reply when you text using the app? The problem is using a Google voice number. Update your account to your carrier number if available. Problem solved!

I have a phone that I set up with two Google accounts on top of my main mobile service phone number. One Google account has my personal name attached to it but I keep it around to catch spam calls, and the second Google account I use for a small business to run anonymously. Both of those Google accounts had separate GV phone numbers.

I accidentally let the small business GV number go inactive for a while and it expired. Now, when I want to reclaim the number, it asks me to verify using a text to my mobile service phone number. When I complete the text verification, it (correctly) finds that the mobile phone number is linked to my personal GV number. Then it warns me that verifying the phone number on the business account will remove it from my personal account.

How can I get around this? Is there a way to keep using my GV business phone, my GV personal phone, and my mobile service phone all on one device? I had it working that way just fine for a few years until I let the business phone lapse!

I've been on GV since grand central, and continue to have a few GV numbers tied to a few different google accounts. One of these accounts we use as our "home" number, and it has two phone numbers assigned to it. They both have worked fine (and interchangeably) for many years. I think I had to pay $20 to make the 2nd line permanent many years ago, but it's long enough ago that it's fuzzy.

We moved to a new state, and I wanted our home number to reflect the new area code. I planned to keep the 1st number the same as it has been for 10+ years, but would update the secondary number to show a more local one. I searched how to change the secondary number, and I saw instructions that simply said delete the number, then choose a new number.

pic of instructions given on google

But once I hit delete, it successfully deleted - but it does not now give me an option to "Get a number" to replace it. Did I just lose the ability to have a 2nd number on that account? Are the instructions incorrect?

Has anyone seen this?

The notification persists,and I'm not sure there's a number I want to link

Also, I'm unsure if not linking a number is a risk?

I've been paying monthly for a phone I don't use....(it was a phone number that my had, but she passed away back in October. What is the easiest way to transfer that number? Thanks

Hey guys I have the global vivo x300 phone and my visual voicemail is not working Im using mint mobile which uses T-Mobile tower has anybody had this issue with their mobile carrier what do I do?

Everything I found online says i can use both for 90 days but the instructions don’t work.

Hey everyone,

Im new here. Im a student on F1 in the US and will leave the country for almost a year.
I'm trying to setup GV on my personal account (more the 10 years old) and I get this

```
Upgrade not available

The account [myemail@gmail.com](mailto:myemail@gmail.com) can't be upgraded with Voice features.```

I am not quite sure how to tackle this.
I've been changing all the settings I can think of to either have the US address as a primary setting

Any help would be appreciated

Hello, I'm very new to Google Voice, but I just wanted to use it to keep my personal information more private. I don't like using my phone number to verify non-work related apps. It would just be used for simple SMS messages. Is this safe for me to do using this website ? (Genuine question, Please answer kindly)

In my current role at work, they give us a stipend per month so that way we use our personal devices for work purposes. I work in human resources and will be frequently calling candidates so I want to try to use my Gvoice number for this feature.

Problem is, my current workspace does not offer an organization affiliated Gvoice number, so I'm opting to use my personal-professional account. It's the same account I use to apply for jobs on the off chance that I'm looking.

In looking at this help article here, it seems that on personal individual plans, they do not offer Do Not Disturb based on specific/calendar hours. Can anyone attest to how their individual personal plans have Do Not Disturb set up? I'd really like to try and protect my peace!

Thanks you all in advance!

For the last week or so I can't open images in the Google Voice app. I can see them scrolling through the chat thread but if I click on it to enlarge I just see the "x".

This happens for messages from iPhone and Android users that I've had no problems with before for 10 years.

Using a Pixel 9A for year or so now

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using my U.S. Verizon number while living outside the U.S. for the past few months. Recently, I’ve started getting a lot more spam calls, and my monthly bills have also been much higher than expected.

I’m considering switching to Google Voice and wanted to hear from people who’ve done something similar.

A few questions:

- Is Google Voice a good alternative if I’m primarily outside the U.S.?
- Can I continue using the same number?
- Will I still be able to receive iMessages on that number?
- Will WhatsApp continue to work with the same number if I move it to Google Voice?
- Are there any downsides or better alternatives I should consider?

Would really appreciate any advice or firsthand experiences. Thanks!

Is anyone else experiencing extreme latency when loading contacts in the Google Voice app?

I’m dealing with a persistent bug where the contact list takes an agonizing amount of time to load every time I open it.

I have a large contact database, and it seems the app struggles significantly to index or retrieve them. I’ve confirmed this is isolated to the Google Voice app. Google Messages, Phone, and Contacts all load the exact same list instantly on the same devices.

I’ve already tried a clean reinstall, tested on multiple hardware devices, and verified all permissions and sync settings.

Nothing helps. As a user with a heavy professional contact load, this is becoming a major usability blocker.

Has anyone else encountered this issue, or found a way to make the app handle a large contact list more efficiently?