Google Voice photo download

Chrome browser extension - code

Problem

Your platform is Windows with the latest Chrome browser and you have a Google Voice phone number.
Google Voice supports send/receive text messages with image/photo attachments. Downloading received photos, however, is inconvenient. You can download one image at a time with minimum 5 clicks - open, right-click, Save image as, Save, return arrow(GoBack).

Two additional issues are that

• any date information has to be manually associated with the photos, as that information is neither included in the filename nor the metadata
• there is no easy way to download all photos of a thread with one click

Solution

This extension shows all photos of a thread (conversation) in a compact,
easy-to-scroll list. It provides a quick one-click download for all images currently in view, and a list of clickable thumbnails to download individual images. Images are named according to the date they were sent or received.
Downloading photos and images sent to your Google Voice number becomes much easier.

Installation:

• download ZIP ► unzip to a local folder
• Chrome ► Menu ► More Tools ► Extensions (or just copy link chrome://extensions/ into the address bar)
• Set upper-right “Developer Mode” to On and keep it that way
• Click button “Load Unpacked”
• Select the folder with the files and hit Ok ► Chrome will show icon in the extensions menu
  

Notes

• Only photos currently loaded are displayed. To see older photos, scroll back to the older photos
  before hitting the extension button.
• Legacy Google Voice cannot use this extension
• Chrome on Mobile Devices does not support extensions
• Other extensions like AdGuard AdBlocker could disable downloads