Google Voice on Android goes real time

Google has just released an update for Google Voice for Android. Until now, notifications of new messages appeared within 15 minutes of when they were sent. With the update, a new feature called Inbox synchronization, which will notify your Android-powered device of new text messages or voicemails within seconds of receiving new messages in your Google Voice inbox.

You need to activate Inbox synchronization for that. For that, just pen the Google Voice settings on your phone and touchRefresh and notification. Once you have selected the Synchronize Inbox option, you will start receiving faster notifications. Also, Google Voice will automatically disable SMS forwarding to your mobile phone, so you won’t receive duplicate notifications. Apart from that now you can click on any contact photo and get the option to quickly respond to voicemail by email or IM.

Google Voice for Android is available in the Android market. Of course you will need a valid Google Voice account for the same.