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Google Voice vs WhatsApp
October 19, 2024 | Author: Adam Levine
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Google Voice is a telephone service that provides call forwarding and voicemail services, voice and text messaging as well as international call termination for Google Account owners and for G Suite customers.
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WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends.
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Top 10 VoIP services for business
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Google Voice, you see, is like a slightly overenthusiastic bureaucrat. It assigns you one phone number — as if it had just discovered numbers and couldn't be more thrilled about it — and then insists that this number will work on all your devices, whether you're ready for it or not. Calls? Check. Voicemails? Oh, they'll transcribe those for you too, in a manner that suggests they've hired a small but dedicated team of cryptographers to make sense of your Aunt Mildred’s voicemail about the cat. And of course, it’s all tied into Google’s vast empire, which is like having your post redirected by the galactic postal service: efficient, yet faintly ominous.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, feels like a cozy, friendly pub where everyone already knows your name, except they've also somehow secured state-of-the-art encryption while serving you a pint. Here, you can send messages, share videos of dubious quality and make voice or video calls that may or may not work depending on the state of the universe at the time. The group chat feature is the social equivalent of herding cats, but fortunately, you like cats. And everyone else does too, which is why the app is used by roughly half the planet.
In essence, Google Voice is like that smartly dressed but slightly awkward colleague who insists on keeping everything organized, while WhatsApp is more like your chatty friend who can communicate in every medium known to humanity — pictures, voice, video — all the while making sure the conversation stays private. Each has its place, depending on whether you're trying to schedule a meeting or share pictures of your lunch with 17 people at once.
See also: Top 10 VoIP services
WhatsApp, on the other hand, feels like a cozy, friendly pub where everyone already knows your name, except they've also somehow secured state-of-the-art encryption while serving you a pint. Here, you can send messages, share videos of dubious quality and make voice or video calls that may or may not work depending on the state of the universe at the time. The group chat feature is the social equivalent of herding cats, but fortunately, you like cats. And everyone else does too, which is why the app is used by roughly half the planet.
In essence, Google Voice is like that smartly dressed but slightly awkward colleague who insists on keeping everything organized, while WhatsApp is more like your chatty friend who can communicate in every medium known to humanity — pictures, voice, video — all the while making sure the conversation stays private. Each has its place, depending on whether you're trying to schedule a meeting or share pictures of your lunch with 17 people at once.
See also: Top 10 VoIP services
