Google Voice ending support for third party apps

Coming May 15, support for third party apps using Google voice will come to an end. This means that many of your free calling apps will no longer work or will go through another source. Some of these apps include Talkatone, GrooveIP, and Mo+. Google has supposedly been working on integrating voice into their hangouts app, but with only days to go there is no word on what will happen. It may be time to start looking for a replacement app if your relying on using your Google Voice account, as you might no longer be able to use it on your smartphone. A couple good apps are Pinger, which allows you to send free text messages with a real phone number and pay a small price to make calls, something like $2 for 100 minutes. Although you have to pay for minutes, they offer ways to earn minutes by watching videos and doing other things, so you can rack up minutes pretty quickly. Talkatone has also updated their app to go through another service which also gives you a free number and texting and calls cost $.99 for 60 minutes. Both of these options allow you to make free calls if the other person has the app as well.