GrandCentral becomes Google Voice!

Hello GrandCentral User,

We are happy to announce that GrandCentral has been upgraded and is relaunching as Google Voice. While not yet open to the public, we wanted to give you, our GrandCentral users, the first opportunity to start using Google Voice.

In addition to the GrandCentral features you already know, we’ve added voicemail transcription, SMS support, conference calling, Goog411, enhanced spam protection and low-priced international calling. We have also integrated GrandCentral with your Google Account and your Google Contacts list.

To upgrade your account to Google Voice, just log in to your GrandCentral account and follow the directions at the top of your inbox. Upon upgrading, your GrandCentral number, PIN, and forwarding phones will be moved to Google Voice.

Note that since Google Voice uses the Google address book, your GrandCentral contacts will not be imported automatically. You can import your GrandCentral address book with these instructions. You will also need to recreate any individual/group settings and greetings.

After you upgrade, all your new voicemails will be accessible at Google Voice, while all prior messages will remain available at GrandCentral.

Thanks for being a great GrandCentral user and we hope you enjoy Google Voice!

Best,

Craig, Vincent, and the Google Voice team

~ Bill Cammack

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5 Responses to “GrandCentral becomes Google Voice!”

Mr. Woods says:

April 9, 2009 at 9:10 am

I received the same email…..too bad I no longer have my grand central account. Now i have to wait for my google voice invite to go through. UGH! :P

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- Bill Cammack says:
  
  April 9, 2009 at 9:14 am
  
  I got Mine’Z!!! :D
  
  See you on the other side, bro! :D hahahaha
  
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- John says:
  
  April 10, 2009 at 7:44 pm
  
  Phone.com just launched a competing product called Virtual Number that is comparable except no ads and you can port your number over. Check it out at http://www.phone.com/products/virtual-number/. I think that it will save you the wait and the transcription is not machine, so it is intelligible.
  
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  - Bill Cammack says:
    
    April 10, 2009 at 8:23 pm
    
    Thanks for the tip, John :)
    
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    - John says:
      
      April 10, 2009 at 11:26 pm
      
      No problem. Interesting little company that competes with the big guys.
      
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