It’s a sad day for anyone that uses Google Voice with a Windows Phone device, and the culprit is once again big bad Google. MetroTalk, the best Google Voice app for Windows Phone, has just announced that they will be shutting down the app in six months due to a request by Google.

Here is the official statement from the MetroTalk website:

We are sad to announce that after a request by Google, MetroTalk will be removed from the Windows Phone store on May 1, 2014. We apologize to all our users for this but the decision is beyond our control, and in fact affects all third-party Google Voice apps. The good news is that the app will remain available and fully functional for 6 more months, and you can expect bug fix updates during that time. A huge thank you to all of our users for making us one of the top downloaded and highest rated apps of the Windows Phone store. Once again, we truly apologize to everyone affected by this.

From what we understand this is a decision by Google that will affect all 3rd-party apps, not just MetroTalk. The reason for this has to do with Google locking down on security in Google Voice. The Google Voice API was never publicly available, so this day was always a possibility. You have 6 months to make plans for future use.

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