# Google Voice

> Smarter voice calling

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318698524](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318698524)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id318698524`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Google
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (61,936 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.36
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2010-11-16
- **Size:** 235 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-voice/id318698524)
- **Website:** [https://voice.google.com/about](https://voice.google.com/about)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/](http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/)

## Description

Google Voice provides a single number for calling, texting, and voicemail that works on smartphones and computers and stays in sync across devices, so you can stay connected at work, home, or on the go.

You’re in control with automatic spam filtering and customizable forwarding for calls, texts, and voicemail. Your history is backed up and searchable, messages can be managed across devices, voicemails are transcribed (and can be emailed), and international calls are offered at competitive rates. Availability is currently US-only for personal accounts and limited Google Workspace markets; some features may not be available in all regions.

## Rankings

- #5,693 — Overall
- #5 — dial
- #8 — phone
- #17 — messages
- #26 — message
- #33 — google

## Review summary

Pros: Useful for business use, centralizes calls on one device; voicemail transcription; long-standing, generally helpful service. Cons: Mandatory ID verification raises privacy concerns and data-leak risks; unreliable text delivery and notifications; call quality issues (dropped calls, failed connections); frequent bugs and missing features; risk of exposing your real number to scammers after sign-up. Summary: Google Voice can be valuable for business and transcription, but privacy and reliability problems are common, with stability and feature gaps affecting day-to-day use.

### Pros

- Useful for business use, centralizing calls on one device.
- Voicemail transcription.
- Longstanding, generally helpful service for basic calling/texting.

### Cons

- Mandatory ID verification raises privacy concerns and reports of data leak risks.
- Unreliable text delivery and notifications; group messages limited.
- Call quality issues including dropped or incomplete calls and poor voice actions.
- Frequent bugs, slow performance, and missing features (e.g., default calling app, better UI).
- Risk of exposing your real number to scammers after sign-up.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318698524)