You can also place a call from within Gmail by clicking the phone-icon button in the leftmost column. If you're logged into the Google Voice page, click the 'CALL' button, enter the number and Google will dial your phone, then connect you to that number the 'TEXT' button sends text messages directly. And in BlackBerry, you can either dial from Google's app or select a menu item in the address book. But in iOS, you can dial directly from the app. In Android, you use that app to select whether outgoing calls should automatically come from your Google Voice number or only when you request it. You can use its smartphone apps to place calls from your account - but each does so differently. Google, however, lists four different ways to place calls from your Google Voice number (as opposed to having whatever random number you might be using appear on the other person's Caller ID). Question: What are my options for placing a call from my Google Voice number - especially if I don't have phone service handy?Īnswer: It could not be much more straightforward to use Google's mostly-free service to manage incoming calls: Log into your account, add a 'forwarding phone,' and calls to your GV number ring there automatically. Unlock your phone and add a prepaid SIM card during international travel.Voice apps lets users place calls on data signal.

Google has four different methods for placing calls from Voice.

Google voice desktop client app