Google Voice hasn't gotten a ton of updates since it first came out, but if you know where to look, you can find a lot of clever uses for it besides forwarding calls and texting from your PC (admittedly both amazing features on their own). You could use its voicemail to turn it into your own personal notes dictation service. You could use it as a personal emergency contact number that forwards to multiple people at once. It's also handy for getting a number in another area (I used it for the intercom in my apartment building, which required a local number that I didn't have).
