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Sheyrez
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Nov 30, 2020

Replacing Hangouts with Google Voice inside Gmail side bar (chat)

I know that hangouts is going out and google voice should be used instead. I've been using hangout as a side application inside my Gmail environment for years to send/receive text/calls. Now that it's going away, is there any way to replace it with Voice? Can I add Google Voice to my Gmail? Using Hangouts was very easy this way because it was just like using chat. Can we have the same applicability with Google Voice?

Thank you. 

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Zanzibar
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Nov 30, 2020
Hi Sheyrez, welcome to the free, consumer version of Google Voice (a telephony product) community forum!
 
This is not currently an option with Google Voice.  You can leave feedback to the developers, by going to the Google Voice website (https://voice.google.com/​), and pressing the help button to the right of the search bar.  Scroll down, and choose "Send feedback".  You can also send Feedback from within the smartphone app, by tapping the menu (≡) button in the top left corner, then selecting Help and feedback, then select Send feedback.
 
You will not receive any response, but rest assured, the developers do read all of the feedback, to see what people are saying, and what they desire in the Google Voice app(s), and Web interface.
 
Learn more about Google Feedback here (You can even view your past feedback):
 
I hope this answers your question!
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Zanzibar
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Nov 30, 2020
Hi Sheyrez, welcome to the free, consumer version of Google Voice (a telephony product) community forum!
 
This is not currently an option with Google Voice.  You can leave feedback to the developers, by going to the Google Voice website (https://voice.google.com/​), and pressing the help button to the right of the search bar.  Scroll down, and choose "Send feedback".  You can also send Feedback from within the smartphone app, by tapping the menu (≡) button in the top left corner, then selecting Help and feedback, then select Send feedback.
 
You will not receive any response, but rest assured, the developers do read all of the feedback, to see what people are saying, and what they desire in the Google Voice app(s), and Web interface.
 
Learn more about Google Feedback here (You can even view your past feedback):
 
I hope this answers your question!
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Sheyrez
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Nov 30, 2020
Thank you Zanzibar for your reply. It answers my question, but surely does not satisfy Hangout users! :D 

After 7 years of making and receiving calls from my Gmail desktop, now I have to open google voice every time. 

Feels like Google lately: shutting down products like it doesn't matter. 

Thanks Anyways.
TJ Lin
Dec 1, 2020
Thank you Sheyrez, I am trying to ask the exact same question, and Google found your post for me.

I am going to submit feedback as Zanzibar suggested.



I agree with you, that this is a disaster for users like us, using Voice with Hangouts in Gmail window.

You might want to keep using Hangouts at least for now:
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