If it does, the option to transfer will be disabled. You can transfer a Google Voice number from one account to another as long as the destination account doesn’t already have a Google Voice number assigned to it. The option to Transfer is fairly intuitive.For a one-time $20 fee you can make your old number permanent. You will have to pay a $10 one-time fee to Google to change your number. If you click Change, you will be taken to the Legacy Google Voice page.In the next several steps I will walk you through these options to Change, Transfer and Delete a Google Voice number. Under the Phone numbers option you can CHANGE your phone number, TRANSFER it or simply DELETE it if you don’t want it linked to this account anymore. From the main menu you can click Settings and then manage several options, including your phone numbers, messages, calls, and voicemail.I am only documenting these advanced features for those who may wish to take advantage of them. For most people, there is no need to follow the rest of the steps in this article. STOP! At this point you are done setting up Google Voice and understand some of the features. To go to Legacy Google Voice, simply click the main menu and then select Legacy Google Voice. You can switch between the new Google Voice and the Legacy Google Voice whenever you want.Both of them take you to the same screen that has the Google Voice mail configuration options. Just so you know, the three horizontal bars are called the Main menu and the three vertical dots indicate that there’s More content available. You can access the Google Voice options by using either the three horizontal bars or the three vertical dots.I would imagine that at some point Google will remove the Google Legacy Voice page, but at the time I wrote this article the option was available. Notice the assigned Google phone number in the lower left-hand area of the screen. Click the link Try Now to switch to the new Google Voice.Click the voicemail icon, with a round red circle next to it, to play the voicemail message from Google Voice or simply read the transcript. Here you will see an 18 second voicemail message from Google to welcome you. You will be taken to the new Google Voice screen.Click Got It on the next marketing screen from Google so you can move on to the next step.You will see the Congratulations screen to indicate you have successfully setup your Google Voice.Some cities won’t have any available numbers so you may have to use a number from another city that’s close to the city you want, or just select an area code from a different state and then click Continue. Select a number from the list of available numbers.In the search box, select an area code or type the name of a city, e.g.As soon as you enter the correct code you will be taken to the next screen where you can search for your new Google number. You will be asked to provide the two digit number listed on this screen, e.g. Verify your phone by clicking Call me now.The phone type is only for your reference. The number can be a landline or a smartphone number. Enter a forwarding number and click Continue. In fact, you can use the same forwarding number for multiple Google Voice numbers. Google forces you to add a forwarding number even if you never forward your Google Voice to the forwarding number. You will have to provide a forwarding number.WARNING! I don’t recommend replacing your mobile or landline number with Google Voice for all the reasons I’ve listed in this article. In this example, I will assume you want a new number, so make that selection. Select I want a new number, or select I want to use my mobile number.Read and accept the Google Voice Terms and Privacy Policy, then click Proceed. Open a new tab and go to Google Voice Sign Up page.This may be an account that is used on the desktop or on the smartphone. On your desktop computer, login to the Gmail account that will be associated with the new Google Voice number.NOTE: Some or all the screen options in this article may look different in the future, if/when Google makes changes to the Google Voice.
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