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pseudoswede Nov 17, 2023 2:20 pm


Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 35753176)
Do you use Obitalk? If so, what are you and others planning to switch to? Any service that has voicemail sent to an email?

We gave up any "landline" phones about a year before my post.

pseudoswede Sep 27, 2024 7:44 pm

I didn't realize that HP purchased ObiTalk.

HP is doing HP things and will shut down the service at the end of October 2024.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/documen...83-11049883-16

UA Fan Sep 27, 2024 7:51 pm

I just moved to Ooma a few days ago.

StuckInYYZ Oct 3, 2024 10:42 pm


Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 36557552)
I didn't realize that HP purchased ObiTalk.
HP is doing HP things and will shut down the service at the end of October 2024.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/documen...83-11049883-16

I just don't understand these kinds of decisions... Why buy a company only to shut it down shortly later?

TGarza Oct 4, 2024 4:46 am


Originally Posted by StuckInYYZ (Post 36571782)
I just don't understand these kinds of decisions... Why buy a company only to shut it down shortly later?


The end of life for OBiTALK was announced in 2021 before HP acquired Poly in 2022.

pseudoswede Oct 4, 2024 12:22 pm

After a bit of searching, it appears that Obi devices can still connect to Google Voice after the date, but you obviously can't use the ObiTalk website to reconfigure it. It also appears there is no clear end date as the Obi device will brick once its SSL license expires at an underdetermined date in the future.

Two Reddit threads...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Googlevoice...eb2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/Googlevoice...eb2x&context=3

stc Dec 5, 2024 8:56 am


Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 36557552)
I didn't realize that HP purchased ObiTalk.

HP is doing HP things and will shut down the service at the end of October 2024.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/documen...83-11049883-16

My understanding is they are shutting down the service to configure the connection to Google Voice etc. If you have already configured Google Voice on an OBITALK device, that should continue to work for some time into the future.


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