Use Google Voice to Send Text Messages From a Tablet - kingoppre1988

Go week I offered up three things you should acknowledge about Google Voice, including its very cool option of sending and receiving text edition messages from within your browser.

Reader Saint George followed aweigh with this question:

"Read your column on texting finished Google voice from a PC. Can you do the same with a tablet on Wi-Fi, no charge?"

You didn't say what sort of tablet, George, so I'll answer that as broadly as I sack: Yes.

Some tablets don't support text messaging rightfulness out of the box. For those that don't, at that place are any number of apps that add messaging capabilities. A couple of the more popular options include TextFree (Humanoid and iOS) and TextNow (iOS).

Of course, you asked specifically astir Google Voice, and I'm happy to report that, yep, thither's an app for that. Google Voice for Android and Google Voice for iOS some work just mulct on tablets, and both offer free text electronic messaging concluded whatever connectivity is available (i.e. 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi).

I should promissory note that the iOS version isn't optimized for the iPad, meaning you'll have to shell it prepared if you privation it escape full-concealment, but the functionality is at that place.

I have a buddy who uses Google Voice on his iDevice to send and get text messages without paying his carrier extra fees for the privilege. The nice matter about using Google Voice (as opposed to some other third-party app) is that it's tied to your Google Voice telephone number and your Google Contacts.

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