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Hey, I've never met another GV user in the wild, so please forgive a slightly off-topic question, but- how can you stand it?

I get my voicemail/missed call notifications totally at random. Sometimes they're immediate! Sometimes I'll miss a call when the phone is in my pocket in a quiet location, so I know it never rang. And then 4 hours later, I'll get a notification about the voicemail. Ditto texts.

I got everyone to switch to my GV number, and now I'm getting them all to switch back, because I just can't handle the (occasional) lack of immediacy.

Do you have that problem at all?



I only have any of the problems you mention when I put my phone into airplane mode or generally have no reception- sometimes I'll get a notification way after I get reception again. Otherwise, I have no immediacy problems.


I have this problem with GV texts, voicemails, and Google Hangouts in general. :(




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