Google Voice

The app is stable and the features it has implemented work well aside for one glitch and the lack of s few features. Issues: -When text messaging, sometimes new messages won't show up in the same thread, but instead will start a new thread. Lacking features: -There is no option to chose which voicemail greeting to use or for how long to have that greeting active before switching back to the default. -You can't activate Do Not Disturb and then also can't set a time-out to go back to accepting calls. -MMS Picture messaging is absent entirely. It will however email you the photo, however usually hours later.

This design refresh after years of hibernation finally brings this app out of the dark ages. I like what's been updated. Basic features are still missing, though. Such as access to my Google contacts, picture messages, blocking callers or reporting as spam. The app doesn't run smoothly. It feels dated and clunky.

Great alternative for calling

Spartan. No improvement for years to interface or overall user experience.

Google knows how to make apps, but you wouldn't know it by this poorly designed one that hasn't been updated since September 2014. The app is clearly dying off, and will likely merge with Hangouts in the near future.