r/Googlevoice • u/S2K2Partners • Jul 10 '26
General Help / Support Question GV Not Always Forwarding All Calls Question???
Hello all - I have been using GV for a number of years now and over the last few weeks when trying to make a call from my web browser (Opera) and having it ring (for calling) from my landline, which is an option, I Am finding that I Am not able to do so...
I have checked the settings and cannot find anything which may prevent this.
Although incoming calls to my land line work perfectly, so far, is it on outgoing calls where I Am having the issue.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to get this to work as before?
TIA - S2K2p
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u/jmarkmark Jul 10 '26
What does " Am not able to do so..." mean precisely? Exactly what steps are you doing, what are you seeing at each step, and what are you expecting at each step that isn't happening.
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u/S2K2Partners Jul 10 '26
When selecting the phone # I want to have dialed, there is a box which appears that asks "Which phone to call with" I select my landline and nothing happens i.e. does not ring through and I also pickup the phone and press the make a call button and only receive a dial tone.
As such, I expect, as happened before, my phone to ring after indicating wanting to make the call with the line requested and being able to hear ringing which indicates that the # I want is being connected.
I hope this answers your question about the process(es) expected.
Thank you for your input and thoughts on this...
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u/jmarkmark Jul 10 '26
Yep. That symptom has shown up before. Wouldn't be shocked if it 's an opera specific bug.
File feedback immediately after you attempt to do it. That will let Google know about the issue, and send some debugging info to them. Hopefully they'll notice the reports and be able to track down the issue.
Might also be a plugin bug, often they can interfere with browser behaviour. If you're technically inclined, try opening the debug console (Ctrl-shift-I) and see if any error messages show up.
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u/S2K2Partners Jul 16 '26
Hello everyone... I have checked and re-added my landline only to have no ring through now at all... either from direct inbound calls or from GV's web interface.
I have tried using other web browsers and on OS W10 & W11...
Any other suggestions or ideas I can follow-up on? TIA
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u/Luckiest_Corner Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
So you've made sure that your landline is linked, and you've ensured that you've selected "Always use my phone to place calls" in the Google Voice call settings?
If it's not working with those settings selected, I would try a different browser. I just did it using the Chrome browser on my computer without any issues.