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[–] preacher37@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe we'll finally get a serious update to Google Voice for the first time in 5 years?

[–] ndotb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not quite sure what they have in mind, but I'm mentally visualizing the family scene where grandma calls and instead of passing the phone around, you just transfer to the next person on the list.

[–] askat@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's interesting feature, but I fail to see how I can use it in my daily life.

[–] ndotb@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, advertising problems that can be fixed by a solution is not exactly big tech's strong suit.

[–] Streetdog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Google is apparently working on a "Link Your Devices" feature so users can connect devices using the same account together.

Google's work to incorporate a proper device linking feature comes at a time when its competition has done it for a while already.

[–] Lammy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

*Google may let users provide them with even more personal data about themselves and people they interact with, so as to make even more money for google.