According to the Google Voice Blog, there has been a major update to the way Android and Blackberry users make calls from their mobile devices. Here’s how it works, taken from the official post:
Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the phone number you wanted to dial. Then the call would be connected via a Google Voice access number. With direct access numbers, we assign a unique phone number to every person you call. This means that we no longer need to use your data network to access the server each time you make a call, so calls will be placed much faster.
Anyone who has ever placed a call through Google Voice on these platforms know what they’re talking about. This is great, and truly innovative. I know that it used to be that I would have to wait upwards of 5 seconds to place a call through Google Voice, while my phone connected to data, sent the info to Google’s servers, let the servers translate the number being dialed into the Google Voice equivalent, shoot the information back and place the call. Now, I can make the call in (what seems to be) less than a second.
It should also be mentioned that this is built into the native Google Voice app for Android, while Blackberry users will need to go to m.google.com/voice from their device.
Don’t have a Google Voice account to try this out on? It’s simple (For US users)… simply go to google.com/voice and set up an account. If you get a chance to try it out, let us know what you think in the comments below.
[via Google Voice Blog]
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