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
- 37 In both
- 5 Only in Google Voice
| 42 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Hide Your Caller IDYour number is withheld on every call, or on one call by dialing a prefix first.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Spam Warnings on Incoming CallsA call suspected to be spam is marked on the ringing screen and in the call history.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Photos in TextsA picture or a GIF is sent in the text itself.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Group TextsOne text conversation with up to seven other people.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Spam Folder for TextsTexts flagged as spam wait in a Spam folder instead of the conversation list.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Calls | ||
| 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| International CallsCalisto: dial the country code to call abroad; the call is charged per minute for its destination.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Transfer a CallCalisto: Transfer on the live call hands the caller to another number at once.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delete a Single TextCalisto: Delete on any text in your own conversations, sent or received.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Voicemail | ||
| Voicemail TranscriptsCalisto: each voicemail is written out beside its audio, and Transcribe My Voicemail turns it on or off.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| New Voicemail Stands OutCalisto: a voicemail you have not played is marked New and counted on Voicemail in the rail.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Several Greetings, One ActiveCalisto: up to ten greetings kept by name; Set as Active chooses the one callers hear.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Clear Call HistoryCalisto: Settings ▸ Call History deletes every past call on your own numbers at once.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Select Several at OnceCalisto: check several calls, voicemails or conversations and archive, restore or delete them together.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Search Filters by Person, Date and WordsCalisto: from:, to:, with:, num:, before:, after: and message: narrow a search, and combine.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Missed Call EmailsCalisto: turn on email for missed calls in Settings ▸ Notifications.Checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 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 on the lock screen, and a Missed Calls & Voicemail widget.Checked Nov 2, 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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