SWITCH FROM GOOGLE VOICE
Google Voice to Calisto Voice
Voice is your own number: calls, texts and voicemail on your phone and your desk.
Feature by feature
Calisto Voice beside Google Voice
- 5 Only in Calisto Voice
- 42 In both
| 47 features | Calisto Voice | Google Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers | ||
| A Number of Your OwnCalisto: Get a Number searches the phone network by country and area, shows the number’s price first, and the number rings and texts in Voice.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Bring Your NumberCalisto: Bring Your Number ports a number you already have onto your own account; you read the carrier’s answer at each step and are told when it rings in Calisto.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Choose the Number You Call and Text FromCalisto: Calling From on the keypad lists your own numbers and the shared lines you answer, New Text has its own From, and a reply leaves from the conversation’s own number.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Link Your Mobile So It Rings TooCalisto: Forwarding rings your mobile alongside Calisto, or after the seconds you choose, once the mobile is confirmed with a code texted to it.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Calls | ||
| Hide Your Caller IDCalisto: Hide My Number on the keypad hides your number on one call, Settings ▸ Caller ID hides it on every call from a number, and dialing *67 or #31# before a number works too.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Calls Over Wi-Fi and Mobile DataCalisto: every call runs in the browser or the installed app over Wi-Fi or mobile data, on a computer or a phone.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Call From Calls, Messages, Voicemail, Contacts or the KeypadCalisto: Call Back on a call or a voicemail, Call in a conversation and on a contact, and New Call opening the keypad.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Click a Number on a Web Page to CallCalisto: the installed app is the computer’s handler for phone links, so a number clicked on any page opens the keypad with it filled in.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| International CallsCalisto: dial the country code to call abroad; the call is charged per minute for its destination.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Transfer a CallCalisto: Transfer on the live call hands the caller to another number at once.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Transfer After Asking FirstCalisto: Transfer › Ask First puts the caller on hold while the number you transfer to rings and you speak to them; Transfer connects them and leaves them talking, Cancel brings you back.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Add a Call and Merge (Three-Way Calls)Calisto: Add Call rings a second person while the first waits on hold; Merge makes a three-way call, End Call leaves the other two talking and End for All hangs up on everyone.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Record a CallCalisto: Record on the live call starts and stops a recording, and everyone on the call is told it is being recorded.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Save a Recording to Your ComputerCalisto: Download Recording on a call, and Download on a voicemail, save the audio as a file.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Screen CallsCalisto: an unknown caller says their name, which plays as your phone rings (Play Name); you answer, or send them to voicemail.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Listen In While a Caller Leaves a VoicemailCalisto: after Send to Voicemail on a screened call, Listen In plays the message as it is left, and Pick Up stops it and puts you on the call.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Do Not DisturbCalisto: Do Not Disturb sends every call to voicemail until you end it, and your working hours can do the same outside them.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Rules for Particular CallersCalisto: Caller Rules send a contact's or a number's calls to voicemail or ring as usual, ring or skip your mobile, always or never screen them and play them their own greeting, checked in the order you set.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Block a NumberCalisto: Block Number, or Block and Report Spam, from a call, a voicemail or a text; its calls are turned away and its texts never reach you, and Settings lists what each block stopped.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Spam Warnings on Incoming CallsCalisto: a call whose number the caller's carrier could not verify is marked Suspected Spam on the ring and in Calls, and a number you report as spam goes straight to voicemail.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Messages | ||
| Text From a Computer and a PhoneCalisto: Messages sends and receives texts on your own numbers in the browser and the installed app, the same conversations as Inbox.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Photos in TextsGoogle Voice sends a picture over 2 MB as a smaller file. Calisto: to someone on Calisto, a photo, a video or any file arrives at full quality in the message itself; to any other number it goes as a secure link under your words.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Group TextsGoogle Voice: up to 8 people. Calisto: a named group chat of you and up to 20 others, on Calisto or not; people on Calisto get the group chat, other numbers get each message as a text from your number, and their replies come back to the group. Rename it, add people or leave it any time.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Unread Texts Stand OutCalisto: an unread conversation is in bold with its count until you read it, and Mark as Unread brings it back.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Spam Folder for TextsCalisto: Report Spam moves a number's texts, calls and voicemail into Spam and keeps them quiet; Not Spam brings them back. Your list is your own.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delete a Single TextCalisto: Delete on any text in your own conversations, sent or received.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Typing IndicatorsCalisto: in a conversation with someone on Calisto, you see when they are typing, and they see when you are.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | No |
| Read ReceiptsCalisto: a message to someone on Calisto shows Delivered, then Read once they open it. Read receipts are your one setting (Voice ▸ Settings ▸ Messages, the same as your chats): off, nobody sees that you read theirs and you see nobody's.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | No |
| ReactionsCalisto: react to any message with an emoji, and someone on Calisto sees it on their message; never a separate text.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | No |
| Replies That Quote a MessageCalisto: Reply on a message shows it above your answer, on both sides of the conversation, and opens it when tapped.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | No |
| Edit and UnsendCalisto: for 15 minutes after sending, edit a message or unsend it from everyone's conversation. A text message to a number outside Calisto is already on their phone and stays as sent.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | No |
| Voicemail | ||
| Voicemail TranscriptsCalisto: each voicemail is written out beside its audio, and Transcribe My Voicemail turns it on or off.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| New Voicemail Stands OutCalisto: a voicemail you have not played is marked New and counted on Voicemail in the rail.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Record Your Own GreetingCalisto: record a greeting in your own voice, hear it back and keep it or record it again.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Several Greetings, One ActiveCalisto: up to ten greetings kept by name; Set as Active chooses the one callers hear.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Voicemail by EmailCalisto: turn on email for voicemail in Settings ▸ Notifications and each message arrives by email with what the caller said.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Organizing | ||
| Archive Calls, Texts and VoicemailCalisto: Archive moves a call, a voicemail or a conversation into Archived, nothing deleted, and Unarchive brings it back.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delete Calls, Voicemail and ConversationsCalisto: Delete removes a call with its recording, a voicemail with its audio, or a conversation, for good.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Clear Call HistoryCalisto: Settings ▸ Call History deletes every past call on your own numbers at once.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Select Several at OnceCalisto: check several calls, voicemails or conversations and archive, restore or delete them together.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Search Calls, Texts and VoicemailCalisto: one search answers your calls, voicemail and texts by name, by number or by the words in a text or a voicemail.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Search Filters by Person, Date and WordsCalisto: from:, to:, with:, num:, before:, after: and message: narrow a search, and combine.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Contacts | ||
| Your Contacts: Call, Text, Add and EditCalisto: Contacts lists your own contacts with Call and Text on each number, New Contact, and each contact's own form; your team is beside them.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Notifications | ||
| Notifications for Texts, Missed Calls and VoicemailCalisto: each kind of notice is on or off in Settings ▸ Notifications, pushed to the phone with Call Back and Mark as Read.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Missed Call EmailsCalisto: turn on email for missed calls in Settings ▸ Notifications.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Phone and Settings | ||
| Choose Your Microphone and SpeakersCalisto: Settings ▸ This Device chooses the microphone and speakers your calls use, the same pick your meetings use.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Apps for Android and iPhoneCalisto: Voice installs on the phone from Calisto with Calls, Messages, Voicemail and Contacts tabs, Answer and Decline from a ring's notice, and shortcuts on the app's icon. Its Missed Calls & Voicemail widget is on the Windows widgets board.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Google Voice
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Google Voice and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Google Voice can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Google Voice
Questions about switching
Can I keep my number?
Yes. Bring Your Number ports it onto your own account, and you see each step until it rings in Calisto.
Are my texts in Inbox too?
Yes. Your numbers’ texts are the same conversations in Voice ▸ Messages and in Inbox, so you answer them from either.
Can my team answer a business number?
A business’s numbers are Calisto Dial’s. Voice shows the shared lines you answer beside your own number, kept apart from it.
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