Before there was Google Voice, there was GrandCentral. In 2007 Google acquired the internet telephony service that lets you ring all your phones from a single number, record calls, and set caller permissions. Eventually Google relaunched the service as Google Voice and added nifty new features like automatic voicemail transcription. But if you preferred the old interface you didn’t have to upgrade… until now.
Tomorrow GrandCentral is shutting down and existing users will need to migrate their data to Google Voice if they want to keep using the service (and their phone numbers).
If you don’t have a GrandCentral or Google Voice number, you can sign up at google.com/voice, but the service is still invite-only, which means you may have to wait a little while for an invitation before you can start using the service.
