How does Google Voice really work?

What is Google Voice? Like what is the point of it? I had an invite and I signed up, I only have one cell phone, no house or work phone? what things can I do with it ? it says is free, does that mean I'm not using cingular minutes ? can someone explain to me how this really works? the purpose of this? what can I do ? can I add my husband number on my account ? how does it work?|||The oringinal purpose of Google Voice is this:


You get a GV phone number, say 123-4567.


Your cell phone is 444-4444 and your home landline is 555-5555 and your work number is 666-6666. If someone calls 123-4567 it will ring 444, 555, and 666.


So, you see, you only need the GV number for the rest of your life. Change cell phone providers and your friends don't need to know that you have a new cell phone number. Just change it in GV and it will ring your new number.


The service also allows free long distance calling, but it's only free from a home landline.


I tried to get friends interested in GV, but they just didn't care. Basically, no one wants to go to the hassle of telling people to start calling this new 123 number. I think this service ain't going to be doing a whole lot for you.|||I don't know if anyone will respond to this but it seems to me that after looking into how Google Voice works exactly, one can actually make and recieve unlitmited calls for free even from a cell phone, with the combination of certiain plans (such as MyFaves) by adding your GV # to your MyFaves.

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|||When they say Google Voice is free, they mean the service itself. When you make phone calls, whatever plan you use already, is still the one you use. They just mean it's no additional charge to get Google Voice.





In your situation, even if you only have one cell, there is still much you can do with it. The first thing is getting a Google Voice number. That alone is a nice feature because 1. You get to pick your own number, 2. That number will never change. So you can continue to give out your Google Voice number to your contacts without having to worry that they won't be able to contact you if you switch phones/get a new cell number. All you have to do is change your cell phone's number on your Google Voice account.





Also, Google Voice turns voicemails into text, so you can read it on your computer, or have a text message sent to your phone with the message.





If you add your husbands number on your account, that's when the real function of Google Voice comes into play. If you have immediate family, that you want to be able to contact you at all times, on your Google Voice account, you set it so that when those people/numbers call your Google Voice number, it will ring BOTH you and your husbands phones.





If you have friends that call you regularly, but don't want to bother your husband with having his phone ringing, just set it so that when your friends call, it will only ring YOUR phone. And vice versa for your husband.





Also, you can choose to have it send certain people straight to voicemail.





For anything more, read about GV here: http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.鈥?/a>