Whether a phone is a land line, desktop virtual phone or cell phone, everybody wants to be able to make free calls within the U.S. and Canada. Everybody but phone services like the idea a lot. Now that Google Voice will soon be entirely built-into Gmail, it will be that much easier for Google users to make and receive high-quality calls for free. Anywhere you are able to access Gmail, you are able to make a free call.
Active phone service comes from Gmail contacts with Google Voice
You might not have a phone on you, or you might be in a place with poor cellular reception or exorbitant roaming fees, but if you have an Internet connection and can access your Gmail account, you can make a free call with Google Voice. Calls outside the U.S. or Canada run at a very low rate, typically two cents per minute. Tech Crunch reports what is needed for this. All you have to do is get the Google Talk plug-in. Make and receive calls from within the Gmail interface, and if you miss a call, the voicemail goes straight to your Gmail inbox. There is also one more really cool thing. Just transfer calls from Google Voice to your cell phone if you’re on the run but want to keep talking.
There will be Google Voice in Gmail within the near future
Google is rolling out the new Google Voice features over the next few days to U.S.-based Gmail accounts, according to the official Google Voice Blog. Watch for “Call Phone” to show up inside your Google Chat list. It will take a little bit longer to get the Google Voice feature to be available to those who use Google Apps for business or academic purposes.
Google Voice Blog
googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-integrated-into-gmail-make-and-receive-calls-from-the-browser/?utm_source=feedburner and amp;utm_medium=feed and amp;utm_campaign=Feed: Techcrunch (TechCrunch) and amp;utm_content=Google Feedfetcher
Google Voice humor – testing transcript capabilities
youtube.com/watch?v=FzOMyXwfrR8
