in this video i'm going to show you how
to get a google voice number which will
allow you to send and receive unlimited
text messages and make and receive
unlimited phone calls from pretty much
any device and probably the best part is
that this is 100 free
anyone with a google account who has an
existing us phone number is eligible for
a free google voice number with google
voice your phone number is a voip number
which allows you to call and text any us
phone number for free
even if you are in another country as
long as you have a good wi-fi connection
google voice will still work you do not
need a traditional cell phone service
provider to use google voice but if you
want to use google voice when you are
out and about and not connected to wi-fi
you will need a data connection and this
requires a regular cell phone plan this
can be a monthly contract or a prepaid
plan and again this will work overseas
too
the one distinction that i need to point
out to you is that you can call to the
us canada and puerto rico for free from
anywhere in the world but costs for
other international calls start at one
cent per minute
now that you have a basic understanding
of how google voice works let me show
you how you can get a free google voice
number for yourself assuming that you
already have a google account go to
voice.google.com and click on for
personal use you can alternatively do
this from your phone but in this video
i'm going to show you how to do it from
a computer after reading through the
terms and privacy policy click on
continue
on the next screen you can choose your
new google voice phone number
local suggestions will initially be
presented to you but you can also search
by area code like tucson arizona chicago
illinois or san francisco california
you can also pull up a dial pad and
search for a phrase like t-o-n-y which
is 8669 on the dial pad and i'm gonna go
with this one right here
next you will need to use an existing
phone number to receive a verification
text message or a phone call
type in your phone number click on send
code and within a few seconds you'll
receive the verification text
type in the verification code click
verify and then you will see the
confirmation that your phone number has
been successfully linked to your account
and it will ring whenever somebody calls
your google voice number
after clicking on finish a couple times
you are taken to your google voice
dashboard where you can make and receive
phone calls
hello send and receive text messages and
check your voicemail welcome to google
voice
google voice gives you a single phone
number that rings all of your phones
saves your voicemail online and
transcribes your voicemail to text other
cool features include the ability to
listen in on messages while they're
being left block unwanted callers and
make cheap international calls
we hope you enjoy using google voice in
your settings you can change your phone
number at any time for a ten dollar fee
also in settings you will see all of the
devices where you have signed in in any
additional numbers that you have linked
again anytime somebody calls your google
voice number all of your linked numbers
will ring at the same time until someone
picks up or the voicemail is reached
there are some other cool options such
as the ability to screen and record
calls
transcribe your voicemails and filter
spam calls and messages
finally if you do not like the default
google voicemail greeting which sounds
something like this the google
subscriber you have called is not
available please leave a message after
the tone you have the option to record
your own voicemail greeting there's a
lot more that you can do with google
voice including transferring your
existing phone number in and if you're
interested in learning how to do that
then check out this video next
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