A year or so ago I heard about a service from google called Grand Central. A number of my clients used it. But when I looked – it was closed. Google was beta testing the service which they have now renamed Google Voice and have invited their Grand Central clients to start using.
“Google Voice Basics: About Google Voice
Google Voice gives you one number for all your phones — a phone number that is tied to you, not to a device or a location. Use Google Voice to simplify the way you use phones, make using voicemail as easy as email, customize your callers’ experience, and more.
Google Voice isn’t a phone service, but it lets you manage all of your phones. Google Voice works with mobile phones, desk phones, work phones, and VoIP lines. There’s nothing to download, upload, or install, and you don’t have to make or take calls using a computer.
Google Voice will let you define which phones ring, based on who’s calling, and even let you ListenInTM on voicemail before answering the call. We use smart technology to route your calls. So, if you’re already on a Google Voice call, we’ll recognize it and use call waiting to reach you on the phone you’re on.
Note: At this time Google Voice is only available in the U.S.”
As a virtual assistant, I like to be available to my clients no matter where I am and I have been using RingCentral with moderate pleasure. I can’t wait to give Google Voice a try and see if it will serve me better.
The exciting news is that the service will soon be available to all of us. You might want to get on the list so you know when it is released.
