Now thateveryone can get Google Voice , you ’ll be wondering if you could useFaceTimewhile making or receiving a call through Google Voice . Well , you ca n’t . Got ta make a naked call without GV .
https://gizmodo.com/google-voice-no-longer-requires-invites-5569905
Do n’t even TRY it when both people have Google Voice . Well , do strain it , and cry when it says FaceTime failed .
cause why this is interesting : Google Voice gouge your calls through GV ’s servers to your phone , so it ’s more - or - less a standard phone call . GV is also a cuticle so you do n’t have to give out your “ real ” phone number to the great unwashed . With FaceTime not supporting GV , you ’re rather unprotected . Here ’s the error when you endeavor to FaceTime a Google Voice number from a even act , also when you endeavor to initiate a FaceTime when you ’re already in a call with a Google Voice turn .
Also interesting , Gartenbergsays that FaceTime does work over GV for him . Can anyone affirm this on your own phones ? It does not work for us .
Update : It seems like some commenters are confused about what Google Voice is for . It ’s not a VoIP service , it ’s not another communication service . All it does is route Call , in meat , from a Google Voice act to your earpiece . Just one more bed inbetween a call . Not a VoIP chat , not anything complicated . That is why there ’s the expectation that this will form .
Update 2 : A - ha ! Just find out how it works , thanks to a pourboire by reader Brian . Here ’s what you do .
Have the person without Google Voice start out a normal call the someone with Google Voice . If you both have Google Voice , and have the number programmed in , this will not work at all
Once the normal cell call is established , have guy with Google Voice pressure the FaceTime push
The hombre without FaceTime ( the initiator of the call ) will see a FaceTime request issue forth in . However , this will be from the Google Voice bozo ’s genuine phone number , not the Google Voice number
FaceTime !
So there are some drawback to this . It can only be done if a guy who does n’t have Google Voice initiates the call . If the Google Voice guy wire starts the call with his GV number , it will fail . Also , this exposes the real identification number to the recipient , bypassing your Google Voice number entirely . This is how it really works , but kills the head of Google Voice . However , it ’s good than not having FaceTime , so at least it kinda works , if you go about it a certain mode — which basically is not using Google Voice at all . So our original point still stands : FaceTime does n’t work with Google Voice .
Also , you ca n’t both have Google Voice . If you do , the GV system of rules will suppose you ’re making a call from the Google Voice number even if you ’re calling from your even number ( this is a feature ) . And the FaceTime asking will get lose in the ether , since it ’s transmit to your GV number and not your real number .
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