If Google Voice were to get its very own app on Apple’s iPhone, it can skyrocket the service’s reputation and expand its fan base in one leap the reason why Apple is so doubtful while approving Google’s iPhone app. Following are the Google Voice’s most attractive features.

The most useful feature has to be the Google Voice’s built-in voice mail service, which is even accessible from any phone or browser. This feature in particular is for audio messages, which shows the e-mail archiving service feature in Gmail.

Even, if one gets a voice mail that’s not audible, Google Voice comes with a message transcription and free text delivery option. The transcription feature turns voice mails in text, making them searchable, while automatically forwarding voice mail transcripts to preferred e-mail address directly.

Google Voice was compared with Skype for some unknown reason, but Google’s latest service is very much different from Skype-type service. Computer is not for making calls necessarily; there’s no extra software or hardware required to be purchased or installed to access Google Voice. Google offers a Click2Call option. This feature can only be used from the Google Voice website, though it’s not necessary.

Google Voice is a big competition for AT&T as it provides users great flexibility, better connectivity, and many more features than AT&T and many more. Google Voice is the only service that ties a contact number, than a particular device or area. It doesn’t make much of a difference if you move to other country. The Google Voice number is unique, and it won’t change no matter what. All it takes is an easy updating of account information and new cell/work/landline numbers one gets linked to the Google Voice number.

One of the biggest down side is when Google’s voice service was released the fact that users can’t port their existing cell, home, work number to Google Voice. The company was anxious about adding that option, but early reports stated that it may be included in future. Google took the steps required to allow users to modify Google Voice number to a number selected by them, but there’s a fee involved in it.

The FCC has not made any extra concerning Google Voice breaking of Federal laws, and Apple is still not approved the Google’s iPhone app.