Article: Go to https://www.google.com/voice in your web browser. This will open your personal Google Voice page if you're logged into your Google account.  If you aren't logged into your Google account, you'll be prompted to enter your email address and password before proceeding. If you don't have a Google Voice account set up with your Google account, you'll be prompted to set up an account, which involves selecting a phone number. It's in the upper-left side of the page. A menu will appear. This option is near the top of the menu. Doing so opens the texting portion of the Google Voice page. You can also just click the speech bubble-shaped icon near the upper-left side of the page to open this page. It's near the top of the page. Type in a phone number to which you want to send a text, then press ↵ Enter. If the person whose phone number you want to enter is a contact in Gmail, you can type in their name instead. It's at the bottom of the page. This is where you'll enter your text message. Simply enter the message that you want to send to the person you specified. If you want to add a photo or video to your text, you can click the photo icon to the left of the text field and then select a photo from your Google account or your computer. This blue, paper airplane-shaped icon is on the far-right side of the text field. Doing so will send your text message to the number that you added. You can also receive texts in Google Voice; if your contact replies to you, you'll be able to see the reply here.
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Open the Google Voice website. Click ☰. Click Messages. Click Send a message. Enter a phone number. Click the "Type a message" text field. Type in your text message. Click "Send" .