Three-Way Calling Returns To Google Voice

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Summary

After receiving no updates in 2024, Google Voice is getting a significant upgrade in 2025, starting with the return of a previously lost feature.
The service is regaining support for three-way conference calls, which is now rolling out to eligible Google Workspace and SIP Link customers.
All Google Voice users will also receive a refreshed in-call user interface featuring a modernized design inspired by Material 3 and improved placement of call controls.

After being forgotten about, not just by users, but seemingly also by Google, the tech giant’s main voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service is now slated to get a major upgrade.

2009-released Google Voice, which lets users assign a free phone number to their Google Account, received no updates for all of 2024. Now, a quarter into 2025, the service is regaining a feature it had previously lost.

An Android phone on a wooden table with the Google Voice app open being set up for the first time

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Highlighted by Google in a new Workspace updates post, the app is regaining support for three-way calls all while gaining a fresh new coat of paint.

First highlighted via unearthed code strings earlier in January, support for three-way conference calls is rolling out starting today, and it could potentially take a little over 15 days for it to be widely visible.

A new in-call UI for all

A GIF highlighting Google Voice's new UI and three-way calling.

Source: Google

To accommodate the returning feature, Google Voice made some changes to the app’s in-call UI, modernizing it with Material 3 elements in the process.

Previously limited to Mute, Keypad, Sound, and Hold, the same in-call screen now highlights additional Record, Transfer and dynamic Add/Merge buttons. The process of adding a third participant is simple. You tap the Add button, search for a contact or a number, and merge the two calls. It’s likely that merging an incoming call with an ongoing one would work similarly.

Screenshots highlighting Google Voice's old and new UI.

Source: Google (right)

Google highlighted several practical applications for the feature, like being able to bring in a translator for multilingual discussions, conferencing with a legal counsel in relevant conversations, and “facilitating smoother call transfers by introducing the receiving party.”

Elsewhere, UI changes also include a prominent notification at the top to indicate whether a participant is on hold, larger buttons for primary actions like Keypad, Mute, Sound, and Record, and smaller, yet accessible, buttons for Transfer, Hold, and Add/Merge. Additionally, the end call button now appears as a pill instead of a circle.

Both the refreshed UI and three-way call support are rolling out now. The former will be available to all Google Voice users, while the latter is limited to Google Workspace customers with a Voice Starter, Voice Standard, Voice Premier subscription, as well as customers with SIP Link Standard and SIP Link Premier.