
But what if all your contacts already know your mobile phone number off by heart, and you don’t want to have them learn a different number to reach you at? Well, you’re in luck, because there is a way to transfer your mobile number into Google Voice to use it as your Google Voice number! There’s a catch, though: you have to pick a new phone number to use for Google Voice.

You can read more about how this works at. Once you complete the transfer process, your acquaintances can dial your old landline number and get you anywhere.Just a heads-up that some of the services we’re reviewing here have affiliate partnerships with us, so we may earn a commission if you visit one of them and buy something. The Google Voice help guide has step-by-step instructions for doing so. Once you get the landline number ported to a wireless carrier and it becomes a mobile number, you should then be able to transfer it to Google Voice for a $20 fee Google has a page you can use to check the number’s portability. (If you have an existing smartphone with a number you want to keep, port your landline to a new account on a prepaid phone model like an AT&T GoPhone.)

If it is, transfer your landline digits to the wireless carrier of your choice using porting tools on the company’s website customer service representatives at retail stores can also handle the task when you purchase a new wireless phone. As several Google Voice users have reported, the trick is to transfer or “port” your home landline number to a wireless carrier first, which most major companies allow, but check with your desired carrier to make sure your landline number is eligible.
