Love GV but sad about now

I have used Google Voice for years and mostly on the app on my phone. Until recently it has worked great but now during texting it is shutting down very quickly (10-15 seconds). I literally have a race to put my text in before it shuts down and have to start over. Very frustrating. Happened approximately on version 2.8 but also 2.9 and 2.10 it continues. Currently running iOS version 11.1.2 and happened on iPhone 7 & current X. Not sure which iOS version caused the hangups but can’t deal with it any more.
Please fix so I can change to 5 stars!

Poelpro about Google Voice, v2.10