The Google Voice project has gone a long way from
just simple voice call recording. Skype geeks must be trembling already
because the Gmail Voice Call feature, Gmail’s PC-to-Phone calling, is
doing well. Google’s Gmail new feature that lets you do voice calls to
landline and mobile numbers right from your e-mail account is pure
genius. No need to download and install a separate application like you
do with Skype and other VOIP services. Gmail is not yet as popular as
Hotmail or Yahoo Mail but with the introduction of this PC-to-Phone
calling feature, it might just double its subscribers within the
year.Skype should feel very threatened, while it enjoys more than 500
millions users now.
The new PC-to-phone feature is integrated
into the chat list on the Gmail page. Making a call is actually very
similar to starting a regular chat or video sessions. Once a user has
clicked on the “Call phone” button on the top of the friends list, a
telephone key pad appears—after that, a user can dial the number (by
clicking on the numbers with a mouse, copying or typing a phone number)
and start a conversation.
And what about the prices? Calls to the USA
and Canada will be free, and to make a call to some other country, users
are asked to pay strikingly little money—for instance, a voice
conversation with a friend in Australia, France, Germany or the UK and
more will cost only $0.02 per minute (the full list of rates can be
found here).
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Source: Google.com
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