Google Voice number transfer solution

May 27, 2025#分享35

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In the past, transferring a Google Voice (GV) number was straightforward, requiring only that both the sending and receiving Google accounts be maintained in a U.S. IP environment. However, recent changes by Google now mandate that both accounts must be registered in the U.S. for the transfer to occur. Initially, the blogger thought the issue was insufficient maintenance time for the accounts, so they maintained both accounts under a U.S. IP for over a year, but faced repeated transfer failures. Upon checking, they discovered that the receiving account was not set to the U.S. region. After manually requesting a change to the account's region, stating they lived there, the request was approved, and the account was updated to New York, USA. With the region change successful, the blogger attempted the GV number transfer again, which was completed smoothly from the old Google account to the new one.

Introduction#

In the past, transferring a Google Voice (GV) number was relatively simple; you just needed to maintain the outgoing and receiving Google accounts in a U.S. IP environment for a period of time. However, recently Google has adjusted the rules, requiring both the outgoing and receiving Google accounts to be from the U.S. region in order to perform number migration.

Solution#

Initially, the blogger thought it was due to insufficient account maintenance time, so they maintained both Google accounts in a U.S. IP environment for over a year. During this time, they attempted to transfer the GV number multiple times, but the receiving account always prompted "The number transfer cannot be completed for some reason."

After the most recent failed attempt, I checked the regional settings of the receiving Google account and found that it was not set to the U.S. region. Therefore, I manually requested to change the region of that account, selecting the reason "I live here." A few hours later, I received an approval email, and the account region was successfully changed to New York, USA. (For specific operations, refer to the tutorial "Changing the Region of a Google Account".)

Subsequently, I attempted to transfer the GV number again, and this time the number was smoothly migrated from the old Google account to the new Google account.