Google announced today that the Google Voice app for Android now has greater integration with the most recent version of the operation system, Ice Cream Sandwich. Specifically, voicemails will now occur within the dialer’s call log.

Yong-Hoon Choi, writing over on the Google Mobile Blog, reveals that voicemails will appear within the list of outgoing, incoming and missed calls. “I don’t would like to jump between my call log and the Google Voice app to work out who has called me and what message they left,” wrote Choi.

You would be ready to play, pause, and skip back during voicemails how you normally would within the Google Voice app. Also, the functionality to extend or decrease playback speed have been integrated.

To switch on this option, ensure you have the newest version of Google Voice downloaded for your phone from Google Play. Then, within the Google Voice settings, hit the check box next to “Voicemail display.” Understand that this selection is purely available for Android 4.0 and bigger, meaning anyone who doesn’t yet have Ice Cream Sandwich should keep that Google Voice app icon on their home screen some time longer.

While it only really saves a number of seconds, I’m of the opinion that these small quality-of-life improvements are what add as much as whether a smartphone “feels” good after you use it. Agree- Think it’s pointless- Still looking forward to an Ice Cream Sandwich update to your phone- Leave some comments below and let me know.