You can get a free Local Phone number in the US from Google Voice. This is extremely useful for those who moved to a different city, and they want to keep their old number. This is a very simple process to forward Google Voice Number to your phone, that will be able to divert all calls through Google number to your cell phone.
You can set your phone to display Google Voice number or the caller number ID to show up on call. If you do not have a Google voice number at this point refer How To Get A US Phone Number For Free? This post is explained step by step process with screenshots to get your free local number from Google Voice.
You can use this number to make calls, receive calls from other phones and you can forward this Google Voice number to your cell phone without any fee, and that is the attractive feature about it. Now, Log in to your Google Voice enter your Google credentials to log in. Once you login to Google Voice, please click on the setting button on the right top corner of the Google Voice screen.
Related:Â iPhone Apps to Make Google Voice Calls.
Click on the bottom link Add another phone, this will guide you to the next pop-up window to add the call forward number. It can be a land phone or cell phone.
If you are adding mobile, you can use this to receive a text on your cell number. Click on Save button once you add all details here.
The next pop up screen is for phone verification. You will get a two digit code and when you click on connect you will get a call from Google server to enter this two-digit code to verify your number.
Once you successfully verify this number, then the pop-up window will close and you can see the call forward enabled by check mark. You will get the calls to your cell phone if somebody dialed your Google Number.
Please refer this post if you do not have a Google voice number at this point. This post is explained the step by step process with screenshots to get your free Local number from Google Voice. You can use this number to make calls, receive calls from other phones and you can forward this Google Voice number to your cell phone without any fee, and that is the attractive feature about it. If you want to get some iPhone apps to use with Google Voice, please refer this post.
Hopefully Steve Kelly has now seen a self-driving car on the street.
If so, would be a good time to update this article and his comment.
@Dennis,
Thank you for the kind words, unfortunately, not yet. I’m sure it’s going to be very soon.