Yet another alternative: Forward your Google Voice calls to Gizmo, and your Gizmo calls to Skype. I've found it doesn't work very well, but maybe you'll have better luck with it. I've seen various workarounds to connect Google Voice with Skype using Internet voice protocols, but I've found they don't work well.Īs another alternative, Google offers its own Skype alternative, called Gizmo. But what if you want to receive Google Voice calls through Skype? The only practical way I've found is to purchase a Skype phone number ($18 for three months, or $60 for a full year), and set your Google Voice to ring that number. So now you can make outgoing calls using Skype, and have the recipients of those calls see your Google Voice number. Google said in an e-mail that there were technical barriers to receiving text messages from Skype, which have now been resolved.

This feature has been available from Skype for cell phones and other services, but it has not been available for Google Voice until now. Skype says it takes 24 hours to activate. Enter that verification code into the Skype Caller ID Web page, and you're done. Skype will send an SMS with a verification code to Google Voice. There, you can set any of your phone numbers as the Caller ID number seen by the people you call using Skype. Next, go to the Account page, and click Caller ID. You can buy credits in increments of $10, or just pay for monthly services, starting at $2.95 per month for unlimited calling in the US and Canada. Next, go to the Skype Features page, and sign up to make outgoing, conventional phone calls using Skype. Then you need to download and install the Skype software. Now, Skype and Google Voice offer the ability to set your Google Voice number as your Skype Caller ID.įirst, you'll need a Skype account, of course. But that was inconvenient, it added a few extra clicks.

The solution I've found until now was to go to Google Voice on the Web, and dial the call from there.

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