Google Voice Notifier

I wanted to share a quick post about a piece of software I found that has saved me tons of aggravation and has made my life about a billion times simpler. As a seventeen-year-old part-time fast-food worker/blogger, I’m a little strapped for cash, so I have relied on Google Voice for my texting and audio needs for quite a while.

For those of you who don’t know, Google Voice is a service that allows you to send SMS messages and make some calls for free (that’s a simplified explanation). The only problem that I’ve had is that I needed to fire up a browser and hit refresh to check for new messages.

Now there’s an app for Ubuntu (and Ubuntu-based variants, I would imagine) that ties directly into the messaging system. It turns the little envelope blue when you get a new text message, and lists the number that contacted you. This way, I get a desktop notification and never have to miss an important text message or voicemail again!

Download/install

You can install by running the following in the terminal:

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ken-vandine/notifiers
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install gvoice-notifier

To report bugs or ask questions, visit the Launchpad page