Re: Why must I choose either VoIP _OR_ mobile ? Why not both, same number ?

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:45:32 -0700 (Seattle), "Relf"
<Usenet@Jeff-Relf.Me> wrote in <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jun.18--0.45pm.Seattle.2024>:

Why must I choose either VoIP _OR_ mobile ? Why not both, same number ?
 
"Messages.Google.COM" uses WiFi to mirror texts between my PC & my Droid.
"Contacts.Google.COM" sets my Droid's contacts to my PC (C:\...\People.CSV).
"Meet.Google.COM" for video conferencing.
 
Yet none of them let me make an ordinary call, VoIP _OR_ mobile.

https://voice.google.com

You can forward your phone to your Google number, and have it
take your voicemail for you.

 
I can't install Microsoft's "Phone Link", nor can I install Win11
( my eight-year-old PC doesn't have the required hardware, apparently );
even if I could, why should I have to use Bluetooth instead of WiFi ?

I thought we didn't have to talk about Microsoft in this 'froup.

ObLinux:
$ /bin/time -v ./try_mpz > /dev/null
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Average resident set size (kbytes): 0
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