How can you make your regular phone number act as your Google Voice phone number?

Google's done it before for a few select people, but it's not a public or available feature to all users yet.  You have to wait or have some very good connections at Google.

My way, which goes back to when I was using a non-smartphone, is to have a new contact text me on the Google Voice number. This generates a new number from which you recieve a text message. It works like this. Your friend (000-123-4567) sends a text to you (999-567-8910). Since the 999 number is a Google Voice number and not your true phone number, Google passes the text along to you using a "messenger number." This number is something like (555-333-4444). So here the events. (000-123-4567) sends an SMS to (999-567-8910) Google Voice receives the message and sends an SMS from (555-333-4444) to your true number You respond to (555-333-4444) Google Voice receives the message and sends an SMS from (999-567-8910) to (000-123-4567) And tada! Save that new number that your friend appears to be texting from. You can text it anytime to start a conversation with that friend or call it to have your Google Voice number as the caller ID.