Google Voice
Telecommunications service by Google
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| 2024 | A patent lawsuit was filed, highlighting Google Voice's split-channel approach for pre-call data and voice efficiency. |
| January 2021 | Google removed Google Voice support from the Hangouts mobile and desktop apps. |
| October 2020 | Google rebranded G Suite to Google Workspace, expanding Google Voice service availability to additional countries including Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. |
| April 10 2019 | Google announced the general availability release of Google Voice for existing G Suite (now Google Workspace) customers in select countries. |
| 2018 | Google Voice transitioned to a full VoIP service by implementing WebRTC, replacing the previous XMPP signaling used with Google Talk and OBihai adapters. |
| July 25 2018 | Google announced the beta version of Google Voice for business customers at the Cloud NEXT event in San Francisco, California. |
| September 2014 | Google Voice features were integrated into the Google Hangouts application, replacing the previous instant messaging client Google Talk. |
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