Tweaks for Google Voice™

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Make your Google Voice page a little better.

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Adds useful tweaks to your Google Voice page. Currently adds a new call/message/voicemail counter to the page icon and title, as well as keep the page up to date in the background.

Changelog:
• 3.2.5 - update to manifest v3
• 3.2.4 - fix double count
• 3.2.3 - update in bg, improve icon
• 3.1.2 - update title, bug fixes
• 3.0.0 - major update

Permissions:
• voice.google.com - add tweaks to GVoice page

Latest reviews

gary greenwald 2025-04-28: google voice, for almost a decade now i have used it. the web interface has remained abysmal and outdated for whatever reason. but this dev at least provided us all a glimmer of hope and usefulness with this great extension. the ability to see your unread count is unvaluable in your tabs. thanks for the work!
Jason Capriotti 2024-03-14: Does what it claims to do well. I was frankly surprised a notification icon was missing from the tab. Only suggestion would be to add a configuration to allow showing a simple red "dot" if there's any unread items (similar to Google Chat). It stands out much better.
Green Frog Mosquito & Pest 2024-03-09: This provides a Minor tweak. What i would really like to see is better "sync" between contacts, text messages and calls. IT is really choppy in the native GV interface. IT's like they are all separate and do not really work together as one. Would like to see the text/SMS/MMS functionality improved and work with contacts and call history, etc. IT is a very frustrating thing to find history of text messages for a contact - too many steps to get the full history when searching by name or by a keyword, etc. Probably the "BIG G" is going to let this die, along with many other features and tools, etc. It is an indication when they STOP improving and allow it to "degrade" instead of adding features or other enhancements. I wonder if it would work better on a Google phone...?
Richard Thomas 2023-11-05: Does something. If I get 1 message from 1 number its counts as 1 on the counter. If I get more messages from the same number the counter just stays at 1 instead of counting up. Did not add counter to app version on taskbar. I use the install as chrome app function(upper right corner of address bar in google chrome when on the voice.google.com page). This installs google voice as an app to your PC. I was hoping this extension would put a counter on and highlight the windows taskbar icon. overall meh. Good idea. Pretty niche use, maybe hard to justify the work to make it do more.
Richard Thomas 2023-11-05: Does something. If I get 1 message from 1 number its counts as 1 on the counter. If I get more messages from the same number the counter just stays at 1 instead of counting up. Did not add counter to app version on taskbar. I use the install as chrome app function(upper right corner of address bar in google chrome when on the voice.google.com page). This installs google voice as an app to your PC. I was hoping this extension would put a counter on and highlight the windows taskbar icon. overall meh. Good idea. Pretty niche use, maybe hard to justify the work to make it do more.
Josh Hefner 2023-05-09: Forcibly reloads my voice tab constantly - even if I'm on a call - which then gets disconnected. NOT GOOD!
Josh Hefner 2023-05-09: Forcibly reloads my voice tab constantly - even if I'm on a call - which then gets disconnected. NOT GOOD!
Chris Merchant 2022-03-25: Obsolete. Suspect it only worked with Legacy, which is now defunct. Does absolutely nothing anymore. No flags, no nothing.
Chris Merchant 2022-03-25: Obsolete. Suspect it only worked with Legacy, which is now defunct. Does absolutely nothing anymore. No flags, no nothing.
Will McSweeney 2022-01-11: Do not use the reviews for bug reports. If you experience an issue I will gladly address it if you simply contact me. Don't be a one star user.
Fruit Monkey 2021-12-01: doesnt work?
Fruit Monkey 2021-12-01: doesnt work?
Mark Sibert 2021-11-09: Background refresh does not appear to work.
Mark Sibert 2021-11-09: Background refresh does not appear to work.
Bryan Wagoner 2021-04-22: Works great and is useful since the hangouts shutdown. Developer updated app recently so some of the poor reviews don't apply anymore.
Bryan Wagoner 2021-04-22: Works great and is useful since the hangouts shutdown. Developer updated app recently so some of the poor reviews don't apply anymore.
Alex B 2021-03-24: Hi all, noticing that this is no longer supported, I copied this extension's favicon badge notification feature and updated it to work with the new voice.google.com. I'm sure there are still bugs but you are welcome to use it. It's called "Google Voice Notify Badge" and it's available at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-voice-notify-badge/dchigmbbeifnmincahdndhbiolkkmdjc (PS - Happy to take the new extension down upon author's request)
Teodor Przymusinski 2021-02-21: Adds a 0 counter which never updates. Useless.
Teodor Przymusinski 2021-02-21: Adds a 0 counter which never updates. Useless.
Rob Armitage 2021-02-14: It worked perfectly when I downloaded it months ago, but just recently the counter no longer goes up no matter how many messages I get. So months ago it was a 5 star download, today, not so much. Giving it three and if it starts working again I'll see if I can up it. I know there have been a lot of updates to voice recently, could be related.
Rob Armitage 2021-02-14: It worked perfectly when I downloaded it months ago, but just recently the counter no longer goes up no matter how many messages I get. So months ago it was a 5 star download, today, not so much. Giving it three and if it starts working again I'll see if I can up it. I know there have been a lot of updates to voice recently, could be related.
Lew Gordon 2021-01-19: USELESS APPLICATION! Does not work whatsoever on my desktop. I could have had a V-8 and would have certainly had a better experience.
Micah Scharfenberg 2020-09-19: Mad Hulk
Kersta Shahan 2020-08-26: if you dont have service at home this is the perfect app without a doubt!! you can actually sync your number so nobody has to memorize 2
Kersta Shahan 2020-08-26: if you dont have service at home this is the perfect app without a doubt!! you can actually sync your number so nobody has to memorize 2
Mapleine 2019-08-06: Works well, a nice feature would be having the button lead to the google voice inbox.
Mapleine 2019-08-06: Works well, a nice feature would be having the button lead to the google voice inbox.
Anonymous 2019-03-30: Google Voice works great, it saves messages you can listen any time
Anonymous 2019-03-30: Google Voice works great, it saves messages you can listen any time
Dave Contarino 2017-09-03: Only seems to work with the Legacy Google Voice site... not the new one? Otherwise does as said
Dave Contarino 2017-09-03: Only seems to work with the Legacy Google Voice site... not the new one? Otherwise does as said
guy silver rikard 2017-07-30: does what it says it will, i have been using google voice since the days of grand-central and gizmo i love this extension it does one thing ......... totally improve your over all experience
guy silver rikard 2017-07-30: does what it says it will, i have been using google voice since the days of grand-central and gizmo i love this extension it does one thing ......... totally improve your over all experience
Dan Holli (DanHolli) 2016-05-09: love this extention because it saved me from getting in trouble at school many times and with my parents
Dan Holli (DanHolli) 2016-05-09: love this extention because it saved me from getting in trouble at school many times and with my parents
Ben Kronenberg 2016-02-05: Boosts the quality of the existing Google Voice site.
Ben Kronenberg 2016-02-05: Boosts the quality of the existing Google Voice site.
Shane Lear 2015-06-06: I love this extension for the background refresh feature. I'm a big Google Voice user and I constantly have the tab open in Chrome. This is a nice extension that does what it says without hogging up CPU.
Shane Lear 2015-06-06: I love this extension for the background refresh feature. I'm a big Google Voice user and I constantly have the tab open in Chrome. This is a nice extension that does what it says without hogging up CPU.
Christia Troyer 2015-03-11: This is SOOO much better.
Christia Troyer 2015-03-11: This is SOOO much better.
sodacode 2013-09-23: It would refresh the page in the middle of typing a text or if I was reading... Distracting overall.
sodacode 2013-09-23: It would refresh the page in the middle of typing a text or if I was reading... Distracting overall.
Kristian Buchman 2013-09-04: Really great function. Is there a way to turn off the flashing that the tab does after a refresh?
Kristian Buchman 2013-09-04: Really great function. Is there a way to turn off the flashing that the tab does after a refresh?
Mark Loiselle 2013-07-29: Simple, yet effective.
Mark Loiselle 2013-07-29: Simple, yet effective.

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