Google Voice On iPhone, Get Most Out of It

If you are a Google fan, you have to get the Google Voice application, the voice chat application from the house of Google. It may have taken some time to get to the App store, but it’s here now at it promises to offer maximum convenience. It’s an easy to use application and once you download it on to your iPhone you can start making calls, send and receive text messages through the app. You can configure Google voice to direct all your calls to the application as well.

However, there is one small inconvenience. You will not be able to use numbers and contact’s numbers by simply clicking on them. You will have to start the voice chat application on iPhone to make voip calls. Considering the money you will save on voice calls, this does not seem to be a huge problem.

How can you make the best use of your Google Voice application?

Talkatone: Talkatone is a free Google Talk and Google Voice client. It will help you make calls over 3G and WiFi. However, making calls through 3G will eat in to your data limit, but if you are making use of WiFi, it is a great voice chat application for your iPad or iPod touch.

Click2Call: If your monthly cell phone plan allows you to make unlimited calls to any five numbers, then you could benefit by adding your Google voice number to this list as well. Once you do this you can make as many calls as you may want without eating up any extra minutes. This is how it works: After you have added your Google Voice number to the list, simply turn on Click2Call which you will find in the Settings of the Google Voice application. Next make Google voice call your phone from the Google voice number. Once you do this, it will seem that you are getting calls from yourself and will help you save on precious minutes.

Jailbreaking: Two simple extensions via jailbreaking can help you fully integrate your iPhone with the Google Voice application. The Phone GV and the SMS extension can be found on the Cydia store to ensure that you utilize the Google voice application to the best of its potential. Once you get the extensions you can either use the iPhone dialer or the SMS application to receive & send text messages and make calls through the Google Voice Application.

Simply installing the Google Voice application is not enough. Once you learn how to optimally use it, you can save a lot of money on phone bills and text messages. The key is to integrate the phone with the application and use it for what it was designed, to help you save costs. It’s a Google product so you can be sure that it will offer you great service. Simply download it from the App Store and make calls using this amazing voice chat application on iPhone, it will change your life and your phone bills. It may have been a late entrant, but without it you’re your iPhone application suite is incomplete.