This page is going to show you how to tell if, when you get a phone call on your cell phone, if the phone call is someone calling your phone number direct or if it is a phone call being forwarded by Google Voice.

Being able to tell if a call is Google Voice calling can be pretty important for many people, especially people with businesses, because you may want to answer the phone differently when a forwarded Google Voice call is coming in versus if it is a direct call to your phone.

There are two ways to differentiate between a call that is direct to your phone and if a call is a call being forwarded from Google Voice:

  • Enable call screening within your Google Voice account.
  • Change the Caller-ID settings within your Google Voice account ...