It is already public within the United States of America. It was released a couple of years ago now. You can join by opening a Google account.
Google Plus is available in Australia - open to the public.
Google Voice is a great alternative to a carrier's voicemail system. They offer transcription that can transcribe voice to text and be delivered via email or SMS. To set this up, log into Google Voice site, click settings in the top right corner and locate the phone to be activated. On the HTC Imagio, dial *71 and the number to the Google Voice phone number then press Call. Then dial *90 and the Google Voice phone number, press Call. And then dial *92 and the Google Voice mail number and press Call once again. Open the Google site and press done.
Grasshopper is similar to Google Voice. Grasshopper was founded in 2003.
Google Voice was created in 2005.
Google+ was opened to everyone 18 years of age or older without the need for an invitation since September 30, 2011. After Google+ went public, users registered to Google with an age under 18 were unable to sign up for Google+. By the way, Google+ reach 40 million users as of October 2011, weeks after it became open for public.
Skype is similar to Google Voice and there is a free app.
No, there is no directory for Google Voice numbers.
Google Voice works for calling on mobile phone and also sending voice mail messages. Google Chat helps to talk online and video chat through Gmail, Orkut, iGoogle or Google+. Google Chat is free service while Google Voice requires to pay money for calling and massages.
Support for Google voice and video chat can be found in the support section of the Google pages. Google offer several help pages to answer many questions about Google voice and video chat.
Google voice is similar to Skype, Magic Jack, and Vonage; it allows you to make VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) calls. Google Voice also features voice-mail to your inbox services much like Magic Jack.
Voice search can be enabled on Google Website. It cannot be enabled as such in Google Chrome.
Your Android Google voice says audio problem sometimes because of a Navigation Voice Issue.