Google Voice adds spam text warnings

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Google Voice is introducing spam text warnings, a new feature that follows the Material You redesign earlier this year. The app already has "suspected spam caller warnings" for phone calls, and now it is extending that protection to SMS messages. 

You will see a red exclamation mark next to messages that are likely spam, and they will have two options: confirm the spam label or mark the message as not spam. This feature is rolling out to free and paid Google Voice users in the coming weeks.

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Google Voice adds Hangouts integration for iPhone

Google released a quick update for its iPhone app and adds integration in Hangouts into the mix. Aside from that, a new user interface has been introduced to match iOS 7 guidelines. There are also new bug fixes and performance enhancements include in version 1.6 of the app.

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Google Voice Search adds multi-language support

When doing multi-language Voice Search before, Google would need you to change the language settings. Now, they are rolling out an update that will support multiple languages. The latest version of Google Search (version 3.6) should be up on Play Store. To activate this feature, you just need to head to the Settings menu and then select Search & Now > Voice > Languages. You can then pick up to five languages you want Google Search to understand. But Android Police points out there are still shortcomings with the update, including the lose of "Ok Google" detection. Hopefully they fix that soon.

Google Hangouts will reportedly integrate Voice

Rumours are swirling that Google plans to ax its Google Voice service to make it part of Google Hangouts. There is supposedly an option on Android Hangouts app to let users migrate Google Voice to Hangouts. This means you can send and receive voice mail and texts from Hangouts instead of Voice.

According to CNet, a product manager for Google+’s team that handles Hangouts already hinted about this possible integration over a year ago. Nikhyl Singhal said their team was working on adding outbound and inbound call support for Hangouts. However, Google is not confirming the rumours at the moment.