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All SMS messages will still end up in your Google Voice inbox, but you won’t have to worry about unsuspected fees and charges. What you need to do is go to Settings > Phones > then uncheck “Receive text messages on this phone”. This is detrimental to our goal of using only data or Wi-Fi connection to receive messages. But there’s also an option to have Google automatically forward the SMS to your mobile phone number using your carrier. Click on the ‘Text’ button, located at the top left of the page.Įvery time someone sends an SMS to your Google Voice number, it’s received by Google and placed in your inbox, which is exactly what we want.Compose your message and send it by clicking on the triangle icon next to it.Click on the compose icon, located at the bottom left.Make sure you have the Google Voice app installed on your smartphone or tablet.But when you send a text message from the Google Voice app, it will actually use your data or Wi-Fi connection, instead. When you send a text message from the default SMS app, it will be sent through your carrier. Google Voice is peculiar in how it works.

Select the number you would like to use.Click on “Call Me Now” to verify your registration.The good news is that you can later disable call and SMS notifications for this number.