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Hey Alex, thanks for the video, it helped me a lot! Do you have any experience getting a new phone when abroad? Anything that needa to be changed from this process or should it work seemlessly like the original phone?

If its connected to wifi, then why do i need to wait to be at the airport to get this set up?

Hi, sorry I’m a little confused. If I do this do I keep ATT’s expensive monthly fee or does it replace it?

Good step by step process but I think this video is outdated, if anyone is trying to figure it out in 2024

This was an amazing video! thank you for showing every step with such clarity,

Very informative video.. I’m moving to Thailand but need to keep my number for business in the U.S. and I’ve been stressed about this but you explained it really well. I plan to get another phone in Thailand..Do you think google voice will be able to forward calls to a Thai phone? Or does it have to be a U.S number like your Skype? Thanks

Thank you! Excellent presentation of a very useful process. I'll be traveling full time beginning in September and came across your video when researching communications options. Especially 2Fa and calling my bank in the U.S.

Thanks Alex! This is so helpful. I have read all the comments and still have questions. I am a missionary in the Philippines for 18 months. I followed your instructions and ported my US phone number to Google Voice. I also signed up for Skype. I have an apple phone. I bought a local SIM card. I don’t know where to receive my texts and calls or how google voice and Skype communicate. Sometimes I get calls through my regular apple method and sometimes I get different ones when I go to the Google Voice app. I get different ones in my Skype app. I haven’t figured out how they all work together yet. Any help?

Great video. New update: I ported my US phone into Google voice while in Portugal in 2024 no problem.

Thanks for the video. It was useful. I have a question. Do we have to let our phone company know we are porting to google voice? Or once we have ported the number it cancel my subscription to that company automatically?

Thanks for the video. It was useful. I have a question. Do we have to let our phone company know we are porting to google voice? Or once we have ported the number it cancel my subscription to that company automatically?

Why not just enable wifi calling?

Google Voice’s app will ring your phone you don’t need Skype

Hey, I was listening to your very clear and amazing explanation of how to get Google voice, which sounds awesome to have, as I'm moving to France in a few months, but at the same time I was watching the VIEW through your window, and it looks awesome man... Those mountains...!

I don't get it. I live in Europe and visit the US once a year like the person in the video, so check. I own my phone: check. However, do you mean, own your phone NUMBER? Because I lost my U.S. phone number ages ago and got a European number (SIM card). Wow, these instructions are the hardest puzzle, and I'm learning German. This is harder. Thanks for trying though!

Thanks....Sounds good...a little concerned about doing this, just before jumping on a plane to Asia.......

Thank you for your super help in this video. I was wondering why did you buy the extra calling feature (I know it's cheap) from Skype when you can call anyone in America free with Google Voice thru Wi-Fi calling? No offense. Just curious.

The BEST video I have seen on this. You solved my questions on the how and why to do this! I've been so concerned on how to pull it off but your way of explaining it, makes it seem doable. To confirm - all my Banking/Web Security Codes will come thru the Skype app on my 'local sim' phone? And we simply point the Skype number to Google, correct?

I’ve watched numerous times and still lost. Do I connect the Google voice and Skype accounts somehow? Is communication don’t only through the Google voice app? Only through Skype? Some of both?

I tried google voice. Didn't work. They make you verify the phone number and when I went to verify it it kept giving me an error. "Cannot verify this phone number because it's already being managed by google". No solutions. They should tell you that before you port it.

Hi Alex, can you give any advice on how to use Whatsapp after you port your # to Google Voice? I'm reading you can no longer use a GV # or a Skype # with Whatsapp. Thanks in advance...this is super helpful!

Hey Alex , can I do this after I get to the country I'm moving to ?

*Should be said that this does not work for Canadians!* Sigh

Can I port my US number from Google Voice to my existing foreign mobile number instead of to Skype #?

Unfortunately, I didn't see this video until after I left the U.S. If you are outside the US and use a VPN would the process work?

this was super helpful. First explanation I've heard that made sense! Thank you. Question - can I discontinue paying for my US service while I am abroad? And can I get my phone number and service reinstated when I go back to live in the US?

How do you go back to that number when your done in the country you are going to stay? Thanks Michael

Hello thanks for the information I have a quick question please Can i after porting my USA number to verify my existing applications and banks account like IM in usa or no Thank you

If you have Google voice, why would you need Skype?

I get confused in the Skype part. Why do I get a Skype phone number? I'm moving to Germany and plan on getting a local SIM card with a local number. Couldn't I tell Google Voice to forward all the text and calls from my US number to my new European number? Why do I need Skype or does Skype HAVE to be a US number or I can pick a European country? I think it's great that you can make phone calls to the US, which I want, but I also want to make phone calls to numbers where I live in Europe.

Hi Alex, I never make comment on youtube but I want to thank you for helping me solve this mystery. I couldn't find a way to make it work but you gave me hope.

Do you have to give your new skype number to your friends or family? How does it know ?

What did you mean you had to setup all your two factor authentications with banks and services etc, BEFORE porting your number to google voice?

So if you port to your local phone number say Portugal, then you pay international rates to call the US using google voice?

My daughter decided to stay in Italy after university- can she still do this set up from Italy?

The Google Voice instructions seem clear. I'm having trouble understanding why Skype needs to be involved. I already have a VPN so it looks like I'll still be in the US.

thanks for this video! Im visiting ireland and uk for a month and will be getting local sim cards. I only have one sim port so ill have to remove my US sim card. If i port my US number to google voice, then any texts sent to me will be sent through the Google Voice app? I wonder why you'd want to link a number vs port your us number..

Thank you Alex for your excellent Google Voice video. I live in UK and need to use my US phone number to contact family, bank, etc. in USA. I have downloaded Google Voice App on my US phone and received a Google phone number and provided my US phone number for verification. I did that prior to watching your video. I believe this is where I have gone wrong? I should have purchased a Skype phone number and provided that to Google Voice for verification. Then when ready to leave USA in 2 weeks time to port my current US cell number. How can I amend the process? Thanks Nadereh

I've heard other people say make sure you port your phone number to your Google voice while you're in the United States but you're saying do it at the airport or the night before and why is that? You said do not do it now but you didn't explain why it's not to be done now while I'm in the United States and planning to leave very soon

Dude get to the point

Set your phone on WIFI calling which turns off your provider or like airplane mode. Call and receive calls and texts free under any WIFI network; this includes receiving your 2FA or any text codes. Need data then use any esims or sims offer.

I'm a little confused. Do you use the Skype app or the Google Voice app to answer and make your international calls? And, what about calls in your European country (or wherever)? Do the recipients of those calls think you are calling from the United States even though you are in, I dunno, Paris? Thanks!

I plan to Google port my number because I am moving abroad. I understand that one needs to port PRIOR TO LEAVING the USA. Question: if I haven’t established a phone service/number in the country that I will be living, how can the porting be done prior to me leaving? Thank you in advance!

Thanks for the detailed info! Is the Skype number mainly for the outgoing calls? For just the incoming calls/texts, do I need Skype or any other network number?

how are your text messages handled?

So when you don’t need this service- can you port your number to like Verizon Att

Hi i may have a slightly different issue..perhaps you can shed light. I unfortunatley have to make an international call using my OWN phone number. I need to call a government office overseas and they need to see that i am calling from my OWN number because this is how they can identify me. So my question is, can i use a calling app that will show my OWN mobile number when i dail these govt. offices? Why you may ask i go through all this? To save $$$ on a huge bill that i will be facing if i made a direct call via my mobile carrier...even with their international calling plan because i expect to be left hanging (on hold) for a long time before i get my issues resolved. Any advice cheerfully accepted.

Hi Alex! Thank you so much for posting this! It's much clearer now (I read on someone's blog, it sounded complicated) The only question I ask is how about Whatsapp? Do I just connect to the local wifi wherever I am? Thank you again, PT is a great country! Maybe one day I'll go there.

Hi there! Im getting the Skype number and im not sure if Im in the right screen, but the updated price seems to be $53.93/year or $8.99/month

Stunning, I would like to follow the river and reach the horizon too but it's nice to look around too & great choice of music! Keep up the good work. What drone did you use? What is the name of this river?