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Your Circles, now in Google Voice

googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com

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Wait, Google made an update to Google Voice? I think it's literally been at least 2 years since they made any real changes to it. Has it been resurrected?

Is it lacking any major features? I've been using it happily since the GrandCentral days and don't feel like I'm missing much of anything.

One feature I miss: select all only selects the items on the first page. Maybe I get too many calls, but when I have 500+ items in the inbox and I want to clear them out, it's a hassle.

I can second this. Had to install a script to automate this. You would think that Google could get this implemented without too much hassle given that's the behavior in Gmail.

MMS.

MMS goes to email, if you have SMS to email enabled. Does not show up in GV however.

Thank you! I will enable shortly.

MMS is supported for Sprint subs.

Question: are users still limited to following 5K people on Google+?

Also, to have a person in your "creepers" circle, you necessarily need to 'follow' them on Google+. Is this not a poor design choice?

To speak to the first first question, I believe the answer to be in the affirmative. To speak to your second point/question; honestly, I was thinking the same thing. Creepers circle? Why not just "un-follow"?

You can mute people who aren't in your circles.

True.

>"for example, calls from your “Creepers” circle can be sent straight to Voicemail"

Maybe I just got caught up in the term used. Perhaps these are folks that for whatever reason one must interact with but like to manage communications? In my personal use a "creepers" circle would be named "co-workers" insert humor here.

I have a list in GV for people who frequently dial the wrong number. It plays a special VM telling them that they often dial the wrong number but to leave a message if this is correct and I will get back to them, eventually. I would probably use this for a similar setup.

What if the same person is in both my "allow to call regularly" and my "straight to voicemail" circles?

Google will implode, of course.

Edit to add useful response: I imagine they should alert you to the conflict / prompt you to ask you if they should be removed from the one in order to be added to the other, or to cancel the action..

That blog may have the worst design for a Blogspot blog that I have ever seen. What were they thinking?

EDIT: I guess I'm getting downvotes for this so others must disagree. Make sure to go to the homepage (http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/) for the full effect. For me it is almost unreadable.

I think you got downvoted b/c it was off topic

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