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Google Voice

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If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via a text message.

Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone.

4

Enter a voicemail PIN.

This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application.

5

Choose which calls you want to make using Google Voice.

You can choose to make all international calls via Google Voice, to take advantage
of Google Voice’s low international calling rates; to be prompted each time you
make a call; or to never use Google Voice for calls.

If you signed into a Google Account that has a Google Voice number, you can also
choose to make all calls via Google Voice. If you do, the people you call will see your
Google Voice number as your Caller ID, instead of your phone number.

6

Configure your voicemail service.

The Google Voice application opens the Settings application, which prompts you
to select Google Voice or your mobile carrier for your voicemail service.

7

Press Back

when you’re done configuring voicemail.

8

Touch Finish in the screen that describes Inbox synchronization.

For more information, see “Sync and notifications settings” on page 193.

Your Google Voice Inbox opens. See “Opening Google Voice and your Inbox” on
page 182 for more information on getting started with Google Voice.