Telephones are nothing new.

They have been around since the turn of the 20th century, providing us with connectivity and convenience.

Today, an average person can have a whole slew of phones and a different number for each.

Gboard’s editing mode on an Android phone.

Maybe you have a mobile phone, home phone, and a work phone.

This can lead to problems.

You have to keep a bunch of numbers committed to memory and give an acquaintance the appropriate number.

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Well, you’re in luck.

Google Voice offers a solution for how to set up call forwarding.

To get started, you’ll need a Google Voice account.

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You will need to get an invite from a friend, or you’re free to request onehere.

when you obtain an account, access with your username and passwordhere, to choose a number.

You should see the following.

how to set up call forwarding

Hit the link to add a phone and follow the steps.

Still in “configs,” hit the “Groups” tab.

You should then see the following screen.

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You should have the base groups that you see.

Hitting “Manage Groups” should take you to your contacts list.

Hit theadd groupkey that looks like this near the top.

how to set up call forwarding

Then just key in the name of the group.

Then you could add contacts to that group or another.

You should see something like so.

how to set up call forwarding

Then hit “Edit” next to “Ring Default phones.”

Say, when your mom calls, you want to ensure you get the call.

Well, have your mom in a group that rings all your phones.

You have a lot of possibilities here, especially if you have a lot of headsets.