First 15 Apps I Install on Every New Android Device
  • Posted byby Kellen

First 15 Apps I Install on Every New Android Device

As a part of this job, I have the (depending on how you look at it) pleasure of setting up new Android devices more often than any normal human should. The process, which has become much easier and more automated on Lollipop, can be both tedious and exciting. On one hand, you have to sign-in to every single app all over again, but on the other, you get to start playing with a brand new phone or tablet. For the most part, the joy of using a brand new phone outweighs the 20-30 minutes it may take to set it up.

Over the years, my setup process has become much tighter, leaner, and more efficient. Instead of installing a hundred or so apps with each new device that comes across my desk, I often only install a select few apps that I can’t live without. Since I tend to spend only a couple of weeks with a phone during a review period before sending it back to its owner, I’ve realized that I probably don’t need three different Twitter apps and a package tracker and credit card managers and four different photo editors.

These days, when I setup a device, I can get get by with a group of specific apps that you wouldn’t typically find pre-installed on a phone. Obviously, I’m a huge Google services user, but those related apps are all installed before I boot a new phone for the first time. If we look outside of those (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, etc.), here are the first 15 I install every time. 

Google Voice

Google Voice is almost always the first app I install because the phone I’m about to setup more than likely has a pre-installed SIM with active service for review purposes. In other words, it has a random phone number attached that I want nothing to do with and will never remember. With that said, I still want the phone to ring when someone tries to call me. With Google Voice, I can quickly attach my Google Voice number to the number on the phone, and then proceed to receive calls, send texts, and check voicemail as if I owned the phone the whole time. Google Voice, even though it seems to be the forgotten child of Google, is easily one of the most important apps ever created, in my opinion.

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Mailbox

I gave up on the Gmail app months ago and never turned back. Even its beautiful new Material Design inspired theme couldn’t capture my attention again because Mailbox owns my life now. Thanks to its approach to email that treats incoming messages like tasks rather than dead weight on your life, along with a unified inbox that captures all of my Gmail accounts in a single window, I am far more productive today than ever before. Like Google Voice, Mailbox is an app that completely changed the way we use a service that was stuck in a very old, inefficient mindset.

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Instagram

For the most part, I’m not a social media or social network user. Sure, I have Facebook and Google+ and Twitter accounts, but the only one I really use on a regular basis is Instagram. I like photos. They are simple. They tell a story. And they don’t take much time to get through. I consider myself to be a semi-busy person, so with Instagram, I can get in, see the stuff I like, and get back out. I don’t have to hear about former roommate’s high school reunion drama or see political link spam. I can just hide in my own world of sneakers, clothing, and sports pictures.

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Fenix

After that Instagram rant, I know it looks odd that I’m now including a Twitter app, but hey, even haters need the Tweets. When I’m not using Instagram to hide in that world of sneakers, basketball, and clothing, I do rely on Fenix. Yes, I do still need Twitter for both work and pleasure, and this is the app I cannot live without.

From its beautiful Material-esque design, to its massive list of features and customizable options, I challenge you to find a Twitter app that can come even close to the awesomeness of Fenix. Seriously, this app actually got me back into using Twitter outside of work on a regular basis again.

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Chrome Beta

You don’t need me to tell you why Chrome is awesome, right? Didn’t think so. However, I use Chrome Beta instead of stable Chrome because I like that you get to test out all of the new features before anyone else. Pull-to-refresh, anyone? Mmmhmm.

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theScore

For years, I was an ESPN Scorecenter/Sportscenter user when it came to keeping up with sports, but after a couple of terrible makeovers, that app had to go. Enter theScore. This sports app is fantastic with its notifications of breaking news that can be fine-tuned by players, leagues, teams, or events. It also receives regular updates, allows you to hide all of the sports leagues that you want nothing to do with, and often brings out special features or sections for events like the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

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Feedly

As a blogger, I still use that thing that Google tried to kill. What’s it called? Ahhh yes, RSS. Feedly is the current king of RSS and so I use it religiously throughout the day to track news. That’s pretty much it. It’s well designed, but does take some getting used to. The developers behind it also seem to know that they are the RSS kings and are constantly introducing new goodies.

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Sonos

Over the last few years, I have slowly built up a collection of Sonos speakers throughout my house. It took a while, and I know that I could have purchased a Ferrari or something instead had I saved up the money, but hey, I like listening to music whenever I can. And so the Sonos app gets installed immediately so that I can control tunes no matter what room I’m in. Sonos also runs a beta program that allows you to test new features before anyone else.

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UP by Jawbone

Last year, I gave up on Nike and their Fuelband after amassing one hell of a bucket of Fuel points because I grew sick of them ignoring Android users. Sure, they have Android apps now, but most are half-assed attempts to satisfy what could have been their biggest group of users. And so as I retired the Fuelband, I looked around at all of the other couple of dozen wearables, eventually settling on the Jawbone UP24. I can’t exactly tell you why I settled on the UP24, but man, I love this thing. From its subtle nudges that remind me to move after sitting still for too long (that’s right Tim Cook, your stupid Apple Watch didn’t invent that idea) and its integration with things like calorie counters, Nest, and other fitness apps, to it completely changing the way I wake up in the morning, I can’t see this accessory or its companion app ever leaving my side. Well, until the next version is released.

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Sunrise

I love this calendar app. Sunrise, who was recently purchased by Microsoft, takes your Google (or iCloud or Exchange) calendar from as many accounts as you like, and combines it with all sorts of other task or event services to give you the ultimate powerhouse calendar. For example, I have a couple of Google accounts attached to Sunrise, but then I also attached Facebook, Foursquare, Songkick, and Asana accounts to bring those services and their events into a single app. Sunrise also has a fantastic web version and seems to be updated regularly with new features.

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Nest

Back in early 2013, long before all of the cool kids realized what Nest was because Google bought them, we had completed a review of it, calling it our favorite Android accessory at the time. Still to this day, it ranks up there as one of my favorite accessories. It tries to save me money on my energy bills every month, which is awesome, but I really just like it for the lazy factor – which means I can control the heat or air conditioning in my house without having to get up. But it also does cool things like, automatically kick on my Dropcams when set to “away” and knows to turn my heat up to 68 when I get up in the morning at 6:00AM.

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Pushbullet

If you aren’t using Pushbullet yet, stop reading this and install it. I use Pushbullet for all sorts of things, every day, multiple times per day. I use it to send quick links from my phones to my Chrome browser and back again. I send tracking numbers to my phone, so that I can quickly copy them into AfterShip. I subscribe to channels, like Droid Life’s, to know exactly when new stories are posted up. I have it mirror select notifications on my phone to my computer, so that I never miss out on new sneaker listings. Seriously, the possibilities with Pushbullet are almost endless if your life is heavily invested in notifications and sharing.

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RunKeeper

There are dozens of run tracking apps out there, but I seem to have settled into RunKeeper within the last year. It tracks runs via GPS, you can pre-load routes, team up with buddies for motivation, track dozens of different types of activities or weight, and it has apps everywhere, including on Android, iOS, and the web. It also pairs with Google Fit and connects to my UP24 as well.

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Trello

To manage our behind-the-scenes day here at Droid Life, we use Trello. Trello is an app for organizing anything, but we use it to bring the world of Android to you. Thankfully, the developers behind Trello are awesome and are constantly pushing updates to their Android app, including a big one that brought in that Material Design goodness.

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Reddit News Pro

When I’m not pounding keys for Droid Life or killing time on Instagram or hitting the streets for a jog, I may or may not be a lurker of reddit. Should I find time to lurk, I use Reddit News Pro because of its amazing design, set of themes, and feature set. Reddit can be overwhelming if you haven’t used it much, but Reddit News Pro makes the entire experience available with a really nifty multi-panel navigation setup and all sorts of swipe gestures.

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What does your list of instant installs look like?

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Kellen

It’s not often that you get to merge personal passions into a professional life, but that’s what Kellen did when he launched Droid Life in 2009. After working years of unsatisfying jobs in the medical and property management fields, he took a risk to try and create an online community while playing with the coolest gadgets on the planet each day, a risk that has turned out to be incredibly rewarding. Outside of Droid Life, Kellen is your typical Portlander who drinks way too much good beer, complains often about the Trail Blazers, and can be found out on the streets for a run, rain or shine.

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  • I agree with you up to the bit about Chrome. Yuck, I install Firefox Beta myself. 😉

  • I installed push bullet for about a week and went straight back to AirDroid.
    AirDroid is arguably my most used app on my phone. It makes communication between phone and computer a breeze.

  • Will add to the list, I suppose.

    1. Nova Launcher/Prime
    2. Swiftkey
    3. Google Inbox
    4. Tweetings
    5. Pocket
    6. Google Play Music
    7. Pocket Casts
    8. Chrome Beta
    9. Greenify
    10. Timely
    11. Hangouts
    12. Google Voice
    13. Netflix
    14. Facebook
    15. Instagram

  • Ohhh Brother…. Informative, but basically useless article. Except to remind me Reddit is interesting. That’s it.

  • If im not mistaken, Wasnt google voice replaced with Hangouts.. i get all my GV messages directly sent to Hangouts, my phone still rings without GV being installed and i am able to respond with either of my numbers….

  • This blog is just an ad for apps, not must have apps. Only few apps seemed a bit useful. Many are useless. You need gps for running? Where do you run?

  • Go Launcher, Key Ring, Netflix, Redbox, Fandango, Pandora, Flipboard, Facebook, Picspeed HD Wallpapers, Zedge, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Flashlight, ADT, my bank’s app, Chrome, Chromecast, Dropbox, Instagram, NFL Mobile, and of course Zillow and NJ Child Support Calculator and Kelley Blue Book…because I’m a divorce attorney, lol.

  • I was so sad yesterday when I had to remove Pushbullet from my desktop computer because it was causing adobe illustrator to crash instantly. Hopefully they get that bug squashed quickly and I get my universal copy paste back!

  • Try the Yahoo Sports app. The best widget available, shows current and upcoming games or past games and looks the best.

  • First 15 for me
    1.Nova Launcher….just cant live without it
    2.Inbox
    3.reddit Sync Dev
    4.Hangouts
    5.Amaze File manager
    6.Spotify
    7.google opinion rewards
    8.google camera
    9.groupMe
    10.Simple Weather
    11.Pushbullet
    12. Pocketcast
    13.Songza
    14.Monument Valley
    15.Kustom Live Wallpaper….my latest

  • I love the Sonos system probably to much. Such a great system for music throughout your home. Being in the home construction business, we recommend it to just about all of our customers.

  • HD Widgets
    Facebook
    Skype
    Angry Birds and its spin-offs.
    A handful of my hottest current games (currently Monument Valley, MC5, Leo’s Fortune, Rayman etc)

  • I’m glad the author titled the article “The first 15 apps I install” and not “The first 15 apps YOU SHOULD install . . .” There is plenty of room for individuality in the Android smartphone world and I’m glad for it. We’re all wired differently. We all have our quirks about what we like and what we don’t. I’ve tried some of the apps listed and went back to something else. There are others I have no interest in because that’s “not how I roll” as they say. It’s nice to compare what I use with what is generally popular, but I don’t get hung up on our differences.

  • Everybody has their own preferences for particular apps. To each her own. I’ll just say that getting a 7″ tablet last fall completely changed the categories of what I put on the phone, since it’s taken over reading, browsing, and a variety of iinformation and media type apps I use around the house. The phone is mainly for going out, now, and used less than before. The categories of phone apps on that basis:

    Notes app (that syncs online) e.g. Google Keep – GNotes
    Camera controller (no filters or editing) – Camera FX-5
    Offline maps / nav (Google offline zones too small) – using OSMAnd but considering Here
    Local Transit Service
    Weather app
    Calendar (must sync with Google) – aCalendar
    FIle manager – ES File Explorer
    Launcher – I’m habituated to ADW, too much learning curve to switch
    VOIP calls – Skype (have used Magic App)
    Spam calll blocker – Caller ID (White Pages)
    SMS to Text (saves messages in csv file)
    Bank and brokerage apps, and Stocks (sync with Google portfolio)
    A few utilities – KeepScreen, Set Orientation, All in One Toolbox

  • Google Voice is my must have app. I’m still grandfathered in on Unlimited data, but that plan doesn’t include a texting plan (and I don’t want to pay for a bucket of texts). So I just use GV as my only way of texting and it saves me tons of money a year. Plus I love being able to text from my computer and other non-phone devices. I also love how I don’t have to worry about backing up my texts when I switch phones. I also love the 1 number to rule them all. Rings all my phones at once and I just pick up the one that’s most convenient.

  • No root love eh? SuperSU, Titanium backup, greenify, xposed framework (and modules), Viper audio, Adaway, terminal emulator, etc

  • Kellex, don’t know if you’ll see this but I’m going to ask anyway. I had a Moto X question since I know you keep one as your personal phone. Have you had any problems with the leather lifting off? (coming unglued in spots) I’ve seen references to this in a thread on XDA about wood backs “peeling” off and I’m seriously looking at a Moto X in leather.

  • I’ve read about some of the apps and some of them are worthless. I’m satisfied with the applications that I have on my phone and I wouldn’t download any of the above mentioned apps.

  • You know what’s funny? You know it’s the news aggregator I MOST MISS from all my time with android, the one that was part of blur on the first droids through to the droid x2….the full screen widget you flipped through…no one else has ever recreated that and I would pay, literally $50 to have that back…it was that awesome.

    Please, if there’s a developer here, i’m your first buyer if you get it right and it was soooo right I guarantee there will be more, I’ll promote the damn thing myself!

    Seriously, I would invest in it to get it going.

  • Where the f is Pandora? When I walk out of a store with a new phone first thing I do is connect it to Pandora in my car…always have to kill all updates first, then download it though or I have to wait two hours while everything updates.

      • I use prime music, but really only because I have prime and most of my music is on there already.

      • haha, I haven’t used this Pandora thing since my OG Droid days. Loved Spotify, but jumped to Google Music and have been on it since. I’m likely to be stuck paying for both once Spotify comes to the PS4.

  • I was just going to make a list myself and then realized I had way too many apps that I install right away. I guess I would start with,

    1. Nova Launcher
    2. UCCW
    3. Quickpic
    4. PowerAmp
    5. aTorrent
    6. Astro File Manager
    7. Venmo
    8. Aftership
    9. Aviary
    10. Moon Reader/Perfect Viewer
    11. Netflix/Hulu/Plex
    12. Fenix/Instagram/Yik Yak/Snapchat
    13. Listen on Repeat
    14. SD Maid
    15. Scribble

  • On the topic of RSS, did DL change their rss url today? All of the sudden I am not getting any stories in Feedly. Also, I was using the Feedly app for quite some time, but I found an app called FeedlyReader that is so much better. You can actually view your feed in different mobile formats instead of having to open them in browser.

  • ummm inbox by google is a hella lot better than mailbox, reddit now is better than every other reddit client out there, google calender is much more fluid and functional, google hangouts replaced google voice a while ago and the other apps aren’t really for everyone…

  • all of the google apps, including voice/hangouts, wallet, news, chrome beta, android device manager, opinion rewards, etc

    then we have:
    nova, xposed installer, minesweeper unlimited (its bizarrely addicting, seriously), X-Link, Calculator (by Xlythe), Screen Filter, HD widgets, Clock L, File Beam – Touch To Send (essentially it shows up in the share menu, makes everything transferable via NFC), Month calendar widget, pandora, and some sort of chrome user agent switcher.

  • I use Pushbullet and Reddit News Pro, but I don’t consider those essential apps. My truly essential apps are:
    Titanium Backup
    Better Battery Stats
    Greenify
    Amplify
    Wakelock Detector
    Xposed
    Nova Prime
    Root Explorer
    AdAway
    Screebl Pro
    Viper4Android

  • Assuming that I already loaded the comprehensive GApps this is what I would load next;

    1. Nova Launcher 2. Zooper Widgets 3. Swype 4. Clean Master 5. Tasker 6. Media Utilities 7. ES File Exploerer 8. VLC Media Player 10. WD My Cloud 11. UConnect 12. Evernote 13. Pinterest 14. Chromecast 15. Pandora

  • I can’t live without the app ‘SyncMe’.

    I can sync anything from my computer to my phone or vice versa whenever I want or have it scheduled to run automatically, which is what I do. I no longer have to plug my phone in my computer which is awesome.

    Works great for music, things I download on my phone, backing up photos I take on my phone etc.

  • I have none of the apps you listed on my phone.

    The first apps I install are Nova Launcher, Timely, Realcalc, MX Player, Zedge, Transit, Pandora, Chronus and App dailer. And Minima has joined the list.

  • 1. Facebook
    2. Falcon
    3. QuickOffice
    4. XDA
    5. Pushbullet
    6. Clash of clans
    7. Manual camera
    8. Snapseed
    9. Instagram
    10. Fandango
    11. Facebook messenger
    12. Kik
    13. Chromecast & android wear
    14. Uber
    15. Weather timeline

  • 1. Greenify
    2. Ad Away
    3. Xposed Installer
    4. Pandora
    5. Clash of Clans
    6. Zedge
    7. Pushbullet
    8. Trivia Crack
    9. Image 2 Wallpaper
    10. AppSales

  • I prefer reddit now for reddit, mightytext over pushbullet and falcon pro over fenix pretty good list though.

  • Chrome Beta, Wallet, UP, Mailbox, Sunrise, Fenix, Pushbullet, Pocket, Instagram, Netflix, Pocketcasts, Sheets, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, and Capital One.

  • First thing I do is tighten up security. So root (SuperSU), Android Firewall, AdAway, Xposed (and various modules), Xprivacy, Android Lost and Titanium Backup. Then I pretty much restore all my existing apps from the previous device (things I use regularly like X-plore, Opera Mini, Poweramp, Appsi, etc. come first).

  • I’ve been using the google calendar app for a while now. How does it compare to sunrise?

  • Kellen, how do you guys at DL have Trello setup? I’ve been going back and forth between Trello and Asana at work and am trying to settle one one or the other.

      • From my time experimenting with both services, I feel like Asana allows for finer detail when it comes to subtasks, but I often times find myself overwhelmed by the interface. Visually, I think Trello is a lot easier to digest, but it lacks the granularity of Asana when it comes to subtask delegation. Maybe I’m just not thinking about it the right way.

  • I install Hangouts instead of GV, the Google Voice app is obsolete and Hangouts does the same thing.
    Instagram? really?
    Inoreader is better than Feedly.
    +1 for Pushbullet and Reddit News though.

  • Not one of those apps exists on any of my devices, lol. I was using Pushbullet for a while but soon found that I could live without it.

  • Chrome beta has been crappy the last build. Black screens, frozen Disqus votes, and all sorts of weirdness. It usually gets fixed pretty quick, but this has been hanging around for quite a while.

  • Would be awesome if they could implement something like iCloud. Just sign in and Apple does the rest. Your set up will be exactly as you left it!

    • Not sure what you mean by that. When you activating new phone you have a choice to transfer settings from your other phone, including apps. At least in Lollipop.

      • Haven’t used a lollipop device yet. But on the iPhone all of your settings and apps will be installed according to your last iCloud back up, which happens when on wifi and when device is plugged in. So you just sign in your apple account and it loads everything exactly how you had it. Email’s are already set up, home screen is identical to your last sign in. No going through the App Store and downloading all of your apps again. So if lollipop does this, then that is awesome!

        • On android you just sign in to your google account and it asks if you want to restore the apps, and zap they are installed. You have to put them where you want them after that and also log into some of them but other then that it sounds about the same as Apple.

          • Must be lollipop only. I recently picked up a G3 and had to go to the App Store and download all my apps again. Set everything up, including Nova Launcher and email accounts. By then killed half my battery. So I love that they implemented that! Now I just need the G3 to get lollipop!

          • I think Android was automatically restoring all your apps since Eclair (or maybe Froyo), if I remember correctly. In Lollipop you finally have an option to choose which device to restore apps and settings from.

          • I’ve owned nearly 20 Android devices and have never had this as an option. Also wouldn’t Kellen just use this trick. Reading over the article again it certainly doesn’t sound like he has the option. He does mention it easier on lollipop, but still tedious!

          • I forgot to say you can also use NFC to transfer a lot of the settings along with positions of most where they were on the other phone. Yes, this was lollipop.

          • It’s not Lollipop only, but I don’t know what the trick is. When I got my Droid Maxx, it successfully pulled things down, but when I recently switched to my Note 4 it did not. Not entirely sure what the disconnect was, but it is definitely not perfect yet.

          • Very possible, but definitely YMMV here given the report of the LG G3 doing the same thing. (From Edub’s comment)

          • Where can I find this option on my G3 for future use? Would love to be able to do this when getting my next Android device!

          • I think you just log into your google account and it sees the new phone and it asks if you want to use NFC or just do it with wifi or cell account or just start from scratch. It was very similar to what happens if you do a factory reset. I thought on my nexus 7 that I was going to have to reinstall everything but it put everything back automatically just like it does for a new phone.

          • So to make sure I’m understanding this correctly. It will back up and place all my apps on my home screens exactly as they were? Folders exactly as I had them? Ringtones and notification sounds will be the same? And all my email, Facebook and Twitter accounts will be ready to roll?

          • Not the sounds or ringtones they are different on different phones, not pictures that you may have on there, but the apps, wifi passwords for other places, like my parents house, all the email and twitter, don’t use facebook, you may need to know the log in password for the email but thats about all. Also it will not add any Amazon apps at all that you might have had except ones that you got from the play store. I was truly amazed myself. The NFC thing also put most of the apps in the same positions you had them at on the other phone. The Nexus 6 is a little wider than the Nexus 5 so there are more icon positions for apps on the screen so it was not exact but close.

          • Thanks for the info…will be super handy for the next purchase! I like to try out different phones from time to time so this was much needed info!!

      • Just backup to Google and then when you load the phone choose to sync all apps, contacts, docs, etc, in your Google account settings.

  • Amazon, Cabinet Beta, Chase, Drive, Ebay, Facebook, Geometry Dash, Hangouts, IMdb, iSyncr, My Tracks, Nova Launcher, Nova Prime, Poweramp, Quickpic, Swiftkey,

    • Drive and hangouts are pre-installed, google now launcher is better than nova, Swiftkey is a powerhog compared to swype, and Geometry dash is getting old.
      but the rest are good.
      Sorry just couldn’t contain myself….

    • Nova is amazing. This list is actually a lot like what I have. Will definitely look into some of your apps, they look interesting.

  • For me, my first 5 apps would be Cloudmagic, Pushbullet, Falcon Pro, AcDisplay, Swiftkey. There are others but those are the main 5 for me.

        • I use the Hangouts Dialer, but if you want to dial out using the standard android dialer and your GV number, I am pretty sure you do need to have GV installed. I currently don’t have GV installed, so I can’t set the dialer to use GV.

          • Same reason here. I hate the Hangouts dialer. It hardly ever works right for me. It rings forever before parties ever pickup and there is a delay and its just terrible. I ported my main number to GV so I use GV to make all my calls using the standard Android dialer instead. Works great that way. I keep GV on my SD card so I can install GV when I change ROMs.

        • Yes, but when I call out via Hangouts Dialer, there is a delay in the conversation. A really annoying one, so you end up talking over each other. If I use the GV app to force all my calls through Google Voice, then there is no delay, since that call still goes out over the cell network rather than using data to make the call like Hangouts dialer. Until the lag is gone, I also install GV first thing.

          • Google voice is getting phased out. They’ve been working on it for awhile. Just look in the settings.

          • This still won’t configure your voicemail settings, though. You either have to do it manually or set it using the voice app, though usually once it’s been done once, it’s saved on the carrier end of things so you shouldn’t have to do it again.

          • Yep, once set up Hangouts tries (key word) to transcribe the message and gives you a play button to listen to the original message when you can’t decipher the transcription.

          • Its not hangouts thats transcribing it, its google. Nothing has changed if you use it in google voice or hangouts. Still sent to google and sent back to your phone. All you have is call forwarding if no answer (you can easily set it up) to your google phone number which then records the message and sends it to you. Can always change your settings online like your greeting and all.

          • Yep been using it for awhile. Just commenting on the comedy of the transcription more than who (or what) is responsible for the transcript.

          • It’s very much integrated.

            However, it shows the voicemail inline with the rest of a Hangout from that person. So, if you want to delete just the voicemail, you either have to still go to the Voice app or the website to do that. Otherwise you have to delete the whole hangout.

            So, it’s there, it’s just not quite fully featured yet.

            If you never took the step to integrate Voice and Hangouts, then it it won’t be there.

    • You need it to make outgoing calls, unless you want to use the VoIP Hangouts calling, which I find to be a huge battery killer and doesn’t work in low signal areas

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