Google Voice and Gmail Become One

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Ever since Google Voice went public it allowed users to make and receive phone calls from any phone. Now, Google is going to merge its Gmail service with Google Voice starting today. This means that you can take and receive calls from directly within Gmail on your computer once you install a plug-in. This service is starting to roll out today but it may take some time for everyone to see it so don't panic if it doesn't immediately pop up when you log in to Gmail. Google announced that this service will be free for calls placed within the U.S. and Canada while calls to other countries will have a fee. Google promised it to be very cheap per minute, even as low as $0.02, though of course some countries will have a higher rate. Previously you could make VoIP calls through Gmail but it was mostly limited to computer-to-computer. Now with the merger, you can be sitting at your computer and place a call directly to someone's phone. So, has anyone received the update and used it yet?

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ivangela on August 26, 2010 07:28PM I called from Pennsylvania to my parents in New Orleans tonight. I have a pretty slow ISP about 1.2 Mbps i think. Anyway, I could hear him perfectly but he said I was a bit choppy and had some echoing. It didn't stop us from chatting for 10 min though ;) reply to this

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