Google testing Phone Service Google
Fiber Users
Google Fiber subscribers will be
able to use a phone number for every device they use. The service will come
with Google Voice functionality as well. Voicemails will be delivered as emails
in the inbox. The service also includes freebies like call screening, spam
filtering and do-not-disturb feature.
The phone service for Google Fiber users currently is in
invite-only mode. Google is still testing the feature and might include more
users at a later stage. The first invitations have been sent to users who had
signed up for Fiber Trusted Tester program.
Google’s official email on the Phone service added, “Please
remember that the Trusted Tester program gives you early access to features
which are not yet available to the public, so please help us keep this
confidential.”
Users will be able to get a new number for Google Fiber phone and they can also
transfer an existing landline of cellphone number to the service.
The new phone service, called as Google Fiber Phone, would
operate similar to Google Voice and direct mobile and landline phones to a
single number operated by the company's network. Currently, Google Fiber Phone
is only available to those who have been invited to partake in the program.
From past one month, the invite to try the phone service has been going out to
members of the Google Fiber Trusted Tester program. If you're one of the lucky
ones, you'll get a letter from Google asking you if you're interested in taking
part. You have one week to reply to Google and, if you agree (and are selected
to participate), Google will send a technician out your way to set the service
up.
As per the Google’s email, “Please be aware that testing Google
Fiber Phone will require a service visit in which a Fiber team member will come
to your home to install a piece of equipment”. If you're selected for this
Trusted Tester group, we'll be actively seeking your feedback—both good and
bad—so that we can improve Fiber Phone once we launch it to all of our
customers. The email also reads, “Please remember that the Trusted Tester
program gives you early access to features which are not yet available to the
public, so please help us keep this confidential”.
It's unclear which cities may have access to it at the moment
and how much it will cost in addition to fiber internet and cable TV. Google
Fiber currently has three tiers: a free internet service with 5Mbps download
speeds, a 1-gigabit internet service for $70 a month, and a 1-gigabit service
with cable for $130 a month. With the new phone service of Google Fiber Phone,
subscribers can use one phone number for every device they own, from
smartphones to landlines. And they'll also get a few of the other Google Voice
features, too: voicemail delivered as emails to their inboxes, spam filtering,
call screening, and do-not-disturb modes, to name a few extras.
The new feature will include a voicemail service which could
transcribe the messages to be sent over e-mail. There will also be spam
filtering, call screening and do-not-disturb features, so users can get the
calls they want at the right moments.
In order to use the service, users will be provided a new number
or they can transfer their existing landline number or cell number. The users
from the programmer who actually got selected to test the service will have some
additional equipment installed by one Fiber team member.
With the addition of this service, Google would become a
triple-play provider, so it can better compete with other cable companies and
take it a little further with its Fi programmer which works on carrier networks.
Google Email about the service said, "Please be aware that
testing Google Fiber Phone will require a service visit in which a Fiber team
member will come to your home to install a piece of equipment. If you're selected
for this Trusted Tester group, we'll be actively seeking your feedback—both
good and bad—so that we can improve Fiber Phone once we launch it to all of our
customers."
"Please remember that the Trusted Tester program gives you
early access to features which are not yet available to the public, so please
help us keep this confidential."
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