[hackcrafter]

The killer feature I still keep Google Voice around for is transcription of voicemail sent to your inbox, even for direct calls to your cell (non GV #).

I stopped giving out my GV number, but you can set up your Verizon cell phone to use Google Voice as your voice mail service, and I love getting transcriptions to my email inbox of missed phone calls!

The app update is welcome, as you still have to use the app to listen to the voice message on the rare occasion when the transcription didn't pick it up.

[nol13]

Same, don't want any of the other functionality but sure hope they don't mess this up.

[saurik]

There are tons of companies that provide this service, and while it is likely that Google has worked on improving this since I last cared, back when Voice launched and for at least a couple years after aome of them had better quality transcriptions than Google (which were comically bad). I have friends who use YouMail. I use PhoneTag, which predates Google Voice. How is this a "killer feature"?

[criddell]

The voice transcription has never worked for me. I've had my number since 2009 and I've never received a single voice transcription.