Google voice setup error

Learn more. A forwarding confirmation will be displayed on your screen. On the Google Voice website, click Done. Configure voicemail transcriptions and delivery 1. Next to Voicemail Transcripts, check the box next to Transcribe Voicemails. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen. That's it! Like Comment Follow Share. I followed these instructions and receive an error. Are you using a prepaid phone by any chance? I get the below error messages when trying to set GV: "Couldn't retrieve and save current forwarding number settings.

To set Google Voice as the vmail service for the Wireless Home Phone, I had to simply do the following: Note: This assumes that you only plan to use the Google Voice number for voicemail Create a Google Voice Account if you do not already have one. This will assure the call goes directly to Vmail after ringing on the WHP for the set amount. Cancel Post. Need help? Ask a question. Related Conversations. Then, go to the Device Update firmware page and upload the file.

Sign In Help. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Occasional Visitor. Labels: Google G Suite Voice. Message 1 of 9. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Hello BiggJohn , welcome to the Poly Community.

I am just a simple volunteer in the community like everybody else. Message 2 of 9. These Poly phones will work with Google Voice for G Suite when the service enters general availability in 10 countries around the world. These providers each offer low cost phone service with a rich feature set. Google Voice, however, is completely free and enables free phone calls inside the US and Canada along with low cost International calls.

It was created by Google as a softphone to allow Google users to make free calls from a computer. Obihai was smart enough to realize that there were other ways to take advantage of this technology and allow users to make calls using traditional analog telephones. There really isn't a catch. The setup for the OBi and Google Voice is not too difficult but there are a few steps that must be followed.

First the hardware setup, Figure 3 shows my setup for the OBi device I used for this exercise. The only connections required were power to the OBi, the phone line connection from the analog phone and the Ethernet cable that goes to my Internet router. You will need a Google voice account. To get this you need a Google account e.

Gmail before signing up for a Google voice account and phone number. Navigate to Google Voice and sign-in and follow the process to get a new phone number. A few verification steps will be required before you are given a new phone number. Now that Google voice is configured, it is time to sign up for OBiTalk. Register for an account and sign in with Google as it is easier, especially if you have already logged in to Google on your Internet browser.

Usually this is the first thing that will appear when you sign in for the first time. You will be presented with some information on how to add a device, as highlighted in Figure 4 below. Remember to check the box for configuring Google voice for this device and click on Next. The setup will then give you instructions for the phone, as shown in Figure 5 below.

Note that the number you see in Figure 5 varies so follow the directions given for your own setup. I had some issues on this step and the OBi device would not connect successfully. I made the phone call and got the automated response but I got an error in OBiTalk.

The problem turned out to be the ports that were configured in my router. Certain ports need to be forwarded in your router to the OBi device in order for a successful connection between the device and the Obihai servers. For more details on this, see our OBi Review page Figures 3 and 4 on that page. Review the Emergency Services dialog box and then the Google Voice terms and conditions and then click on the "Finish Setup" button.

You may need to sign in again to Google Voice with your email and password, from inside OBiTalk, and once you hit the final "Accept" button it will finalize the Google Voice setup.