Google Voice
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Jan 14, 2026first mention
Sep 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Maybe porting your primary number to a cloud PBX service like Google Voice”
“This is why I use Google Voice for SMS.”
often doesn't have phone nearbyon “How to Deal with Horrible Smartphone Ergonomics”
Caveats and dissent
“Google voice doesn't operate outside of the US”
“it exposed a serious planning and design failure in Voice”
user since GrandCentralon “GVoice suspended in error: no Takeout, portout, inco…”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: Hypothesis: Cellular providers are deprioritizing voice calls? 1 mention
- Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling 1 mention
- Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB 1 mention
- Verizon is About to Break our Watches 1 mention
- How to Deal with Horrible Smartphone Ergonomics 1 mention
- GVoice suspended in error: no Takeout, portout, incoming text forwarding blocked 1 mention
Data: google-voice.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“Maybe porting your primary number to a cloud PBX service like Google Voice”
“My Google Voice number got 37 calls from the same region in the past 2 days.”
“Google voice doesn't operate outside of the US”
“I've used Google Voice since it was Grand Central and switched to Fi the month it came out, and I have never experienced what you're describing.”
“This is why I use Google Voice for SMS.”
“it exposed a serious planning and design failure in Voice”
Not affiliated and never used them, but Cape (https://www.cape.co/) says they protect against SIM swaps with private keys.
“I've been using my Google Voice number for something similar.”
“I use Google Voice for SMS.”