Recent content by alf_dart

Andre-K Yah, I have the same fundamental objections. The latest version of the bxActions app works very seamlessly, and well. When combined with de-activating Bixby services in the OS, it's like Bixby was never there at all.

Maybe there is another forum on AndroidCentral.com where it would make more sense to post on this topic? If a moderator would be kind enough to move this thread to one of the Google Services subtopic forums (if that's possible), maybe it would get more replies? Otherwise I may just restart the...

Years ago I paid RingCentral (a highly rated commercial enterprise in direct competition with Google's voice services) for a trial membership just so I could send some conventional faxes from my home computer - I mean, who owns a fax machine anymore, really. They were very unhappy when I...

It's not that I can't use the Google Voice number anymore, it's that latency is sometimes very high. Best as I can tell, it's dependent more on overall internet traffic, than carrier traffic in my immediate geographic area. So if it's the middle of the day (during peak Internet usage hours) and...

Visual voicemail is a pretty straightforward voice messaging feature, really. It just allows you to see a transcript of every message that you receive in the form of a snippet, in a list on your device. If you haven't tried Google Voice's visual voicemail service, you should absolutely give it a...

Umass021 Thanks, I did not realize that Android's stock Messages app offered that feature! That does solve one of my problems. In that scenario, I could: 1. Terminate Google Voice phone number in favor of Verizon Wireless number 2. Use Verizon Wireless's native Android service for voicemail 3...

About 10 years ago, I activated my first Google Voice phone number, and took the dive. Since then, I've made a sincere effort to use it as a primary phone number for pretty much everything. Lately, I've begun to regret the latency issues that are inherent to a VOIP service, and I'm reconsidering...

As the proud owner of a Samsung 8, which has a dedicated Bixby button where no button would otherwise rightfully be, I'm a cynic. I believe that voice recognition software should be left to the biggest players; Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. Samsung is a fabulous manufacturer of high-technology...

Well, thanks for all your help Spookdroid. The truth is, the Google Voice app has become more feature-rich over the course of the last few updates, like when multi-recipient threading was added. I just feel hampered that I have to search through my list of contacts every time I want to send a GV...

Are Google Chat & Google Meet the two apps/applications that you're referring to, when you say that Google plans to phase/move Hangouts to a business-like service? Here's a link to an official post that is dated, but may still be accurate...

Thanks for your replies SpookDroid and justnivek. justnivek I would definitely consider downloading an older version of Hangouts if it'll run well. SpookDroid I think that Facebook's Messenger has added SMS integration in their latest versions, though obviously only for the carrier number not...

(This re-directs from my first post, "Google Voice direct SMS message widget", in forum "Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+", posted on December 24th. My original subject heading was not on point.) Good day, I am a longtime Android and Google Voice user. On my last smartphone device (an HTC 10), I used...

Thanks Rukbat. You are correct about Hangouts Dialer. I am going to repost my problem with a new subject, because this thread is no longer on topic. My problem with the Hangouts app on my Samsung S8 was that I could no longer set it to be the default SMS app. I have edited this post to clarify...

Good day. I did a preliminary search within the Samsung Galaxy S8 forum before starting this thread for "Google Voice", to be sure this issue hasn't already been addressed. I am a longtime Android and Google Voice user. On my last smartphone device (an HTC 10), I used the native calling app...

Discovered an article at Information Week (search for article "Android Counterclank: Malware, Or Smartphone Advertising?" on Google) that pretty much resolves this thread. The offending software can be described as Adware, more accurately than Malware, and is not considered to be malicious, as...