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Hidden Google Voice integration discovered in Hangouts, screenshot and video leaks online
After the iOS version of Hangouts recently received the ability to make WiFi calls using your Google Voice number, we had a good feeling similar functionality would soon arrive for the Android version. But here we are, countless updates later, and not a peep from Google about introducing any such functionality in Hangouts for Android.
Just as we were about to give up hope, a crafty user on Reddit discovered an interesting prompt hidden inside Hangouts: Google Voice integration. While not live quite yet, the prompt can only be seen after enabling “All butter bars” in Hangouts’ debugging menu. After cycling through the usual “butter bars” the “Migrate Google Voice to Hangouts” suddenly appears, with the description reading “Receive voicemail and send text messages in Hangouts.”
Although it doesn’t appear the option to make VoIP calls using your Voice number is making the cut, but Google Voice users have been screaming for Hangouts integration since the recent overhaul. Guess all we can do now is wait around for Google to make things official. Let’s hope it wont be too much longer.
Video proof of the upcoming feature can be found via the YouTube video below.
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