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I just learned about this option a few hours ago, I'm still trying it out. This eliminates the need to purchase a Skype number.

Yet another alternative: Forward your Google Voice calls to Gizmo, and your Gizmo calls to Skype. I've found it doesn't work very well, but maybe you'll have better luck with it. I've seen various workarounds to connect Google Voice with Skype using Internet voice protocols, but I've found they don't work well.Īs another alternative, Google offers its own Skype alternative, called Gizmo. But what if you want to receive Google Voice calls through Skype? The only practical way I've found is to purchase a Skype phone number ($18 for three months, or $60 for a full year), and set your Google Voice to ring that number. So now you can make outgoing calls using Skype, and have the recipients of those calls see your Google Voice number. Google said in an e-mail that there were technical barriers to receiving text messages from Skype, which have now been resolved. This feature has been available from Skype for cell phones and other services, but it has not been available for Google Voice until now. Skype says it takes 24 hours to activate.

Enter that verification code into the Skype Caller ID Web page, and you're done.

Skype will send an SMS with a verification code to Google Voice. There, you can set any of your phone numbers as the Caller ID number seen by the people you call using Skype. This change makes it possible to get the verification email, and thus to make use of your Google Voice number as your Skype Internet call display number.Next, go to the Account page, and click Caller ID. So why is this possible now, when before it wasn't? Simple: Google Voice can now receive text messages from web services from Skype, whereas previously this was impossible. I'm sick of this conversation, so I'm glad my Google Voice number is now my Skype call display number. "But you never use that number to call me you always call from this sky number." "What? No, you should call me at my Google Voice number." So I should call you at this number from now on?" But now I'm calling you from Skype, so you're seeing my Skype number." Google Voice forwards to Skype and my cell, and I pick it up with either phone. You can just call me at the Google Voice number." "What number is this you're calling from?"