Turns out, when Apple announced it was a day you’d never forget, maybe it wasn’t talking about The Beatles. Last we heard, Google Voice was expected on the App Store “soon” … and now here it is. Apple has relented in the battle to allow Google Voice functionality on the iPhone, leaving Google open to release its own official app for the service.
It looks just as good as you’d expect — you can sign into the service from anywhere, access your voicemail or even send text messages or Google Voice calls, and get push notifications when you’ve got a new message incoming.
Obviously, you’ll need a Google Voice account to use the app, but those are free and easy enough to set up. The app is only available in the United States, according to its description, so those of you outside the country are out of luck (for now). It’s also probably not compatible with the iPad — the listing only says it’s available for the iPhone so far.
Our own Mike Rose & TJ Luoma [TJ comments below that he objects to the iPhone-only restriction on the app, as he would like to use it to send and receive SMS on the iPad or iPod touch] are jumping for joy on this one — we’ve got a lot of TUAW Google Voice fans, and having this functionality available on the iPhone is a very nice bonus even with the third-party apps already on the market. What are you waiting for? It’s here — go download!
Google Voice for iPhone is finally out on the App Store originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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