{"id":6653,"date":"2017-02-14T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:26:24","slug":"linked-ringing-in-2017-with-updates-to-our-google-voice-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/14\/linked-ringing-in-2017-with-updates-to-our-google-voice-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Ringing in 2017 with updates to our Google Voice apps&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3351,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.google\\\/products\\\/google-voice\\\/ringing-2017-updates-our-google-voice-apps&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251010033223\\\/https:\\\/\\\/blog.google\\\/products\\\/google-voice\\\/ringing-2017-updates-our-google-voice-apps\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:58:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 01:19:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-23 12:16:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 00:35:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 20:10:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 21:07:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 16:56:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 06:31:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 19:06:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 19:06:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/google-voice\/ringing-2017-updates-our-google-voice-apps\/\">Via Google Blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the updated Google Voice apps is a cleaner, more intuitive design that keeps everything organized. Your inbox now has separate tabs for text messages, calls and voicemails. Conversations stay in one continuous thread, so you can easily see all your messages from each of your contacts in one place. We\u2019ve upgraded the messaging experience with support for group and photo MMS as well as in-notification replies. And we\u2019re starting to introduce voicemail transcription for Spanish and will improve accuracy over time.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On one hand, Google making updates to Google Voice shows me that it\u2019s not on the chopping block for retirement or integration into another application with features I don\u2019t want such as\u00a0forcing me to use Gmail just so I can use Google Voice.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, there was nothing wrong with Google Voice\u2019s UI before. It was simpler, much faster and cleaner. Just loading the page takes 10 seconds now versus 1 before. Too many Javascript and UI elements are being called and that&#8217;s with Ghostery and AdBlock installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Via Google Blog: The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the updated Google Voice apps is a cleaner, more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-02-14T14:21:33Z","apple_news_api_id":"a0fa5ee3-671e-4270-a4e0-6c381dbe84f7","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-02-14T14:21:33Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AoPpe42ceQnCk4Gw4Hb6E9w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Jj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5550,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/linked-google-is-teaming-up-with-phone-operators-to-elbow-its-way-back-into-messaging-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6653,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Google is teaming up with phone operators to elbow its way back into messaging&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Quartz: RCS lets users share photos and videos, see when others are typing, and set up group chats\u2013in other words, much of what the OTT apps already offer. 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