{"id":1892,"date":"2019-08-29T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T04:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2019-08-29T20:49:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T04:49:06","slug":"two-numbers-for-google-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/29\/two-numbers-for-google-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Two numbers for Google Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Google voice ties the number to your <em>Mobile<\/em> phone, which enables text forwarding, but you cannot have two Google voice numbers forwarding to the same phone.<\/p>\n<p>If only voice forwarding is needed, each Google voice account can link to your <em>Home<\/em> and <em>Work<\/em> phone numbers instead. Since they are not considered a <em>Mobile<\/em> number, you are treating your mobile number as a landline number, which obviously doesn&#8217;t have text messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore at most you can have 3 Google Voice numbers going to the same phone, but only one of them (the account where the target number is set as <em>Mobile<\/em>) can forward text messages.<\/p>\n<p>The tricky part is that this designation can only be changed through the classic setting page here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/voice\/redirection\/voice#phones\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/voice\/redirection\/voice#phones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The solution came from this <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/voice\/thread\/919810?hl=en\">forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1892\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1892\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Google voice ties the number to your Mobile phone, which enables text forwarding, but you cannot have two Google voice numbers forwarding to the same phone. 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