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When friends or colleagues call your Google Voice number, the call is routed to your home, work or mobile phone—or all three—to help avoid missing calls.

The service is also designed avoids the hassle of informing contacts of a telephone number change every time you move house or job—you simply dish out the Google Voice number.

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also call filtering options which allow you to determine which phones to ring, depending on the caller. So, for example, calls from your family could be set to ring all three of your phones, while calls from work colleagues might only be allowed to ring your desk and mobile phone. Callers can also be diverted straight to voicemail.

The service uses voice recognition software to transcribe voicemail, and emails the message to members. They can also listen to an audio recording of the voicemail if the transcription falters.

Google Voice is currently available in the US on an invitation-only basis.

The service is based on technology the company acquired when it bought GrandCentral a couple of years ago.