Google Voice Opens Up to all in US

Google Voice service is a telephony system that allows users to unify their multiple phones (mobile, home, work, etc.) under one number. Regardless of carrier, you can connect one, some, all or none of your phones to your Google Voice number.

Calls will be forwarded to the phone(s) of your choosing, and if you don't answer, the person calling has the option to leave a message, which you can then listen to or check by e-mail. Because voice messages are transcribed to text and then sent to your e-mail account, you can search them just as you would search through ordinary messages.


"Transcriptions aren't perfect, but we hope they're good enough to save you from listening to the message, and we're continually working on improving them," says Google.

There's a ton of other cool features too, such as free text messaging, blocking callers, sharing voicemails and screening calls. Here's a short video of some of them in action: