You Can Make Phone Calls from Gmail Now

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Well, that was fast. Earlier today, rumors surfaced that Google is testing a new feature in Gmail which will enable users to make phone calls from the web app. Now Google is announcing that not only is the feature real, it's going live today.

Google is making the announcement at the time of writing at a small press event in San Francisco, but has already posted a blog entry with the news.

"Gmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer’s microphone and speakers. But until now, this required both people to be at their computers, signed into Gmail at the same time," Robin Schriebman, Software Engineer at Google, wrote.

"Given that most of us don’t spend all day in front of our computers, we thought, 'wouldn’t it be nice if you could call people directly on their phones?' Starting today, you can call any phone right from Gmail," he added.

The new feature will only be available in the US for now, but Google says that it plans to launch it internationally as well. As rumored, calls will be free in the US and Canada, at least until the end of the year, Google says, and international calls will be billed at low rates, starting at $0.02 per minute.

The feature is integrated with the Gmail Chat app which now features a phone dialer enabling users to call any phone.

Interestingly, a Google Voice account isn't required to use the new call feature in Gmail. However, if you do have one your Voice number will be used as your caller ID.

You'll also be able to receive calls to your Voice number in Gmail, solving the issue of a softphone. With the new feature, Google now offers a complete VoIP telephony service, one greatly enhanced by the Google Voice functionality.
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Made calls to landlines and cell numbers now. Works perfectly.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/You-Can-Make-Phone-Calls-from-Gmail-Now-153719.shtml
 
diabolus said:
I assume you are in the usa. You can't do that in SA... Even article states it is usa only?
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Worked for a few calls at the time I posted. We are still testing it (in SA) and are now getting a message that reads 'cannot complete your call, please try again'
 
Datura said:
Worked for a few calls at the time I posted. We are still testing it (in SA) and are now getting a message that reads 'cannot complete you call, please try again'
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As well as an indicator up top showing how much the call should cost...
The info shows that it will be $0.05 to landlines and $0.17 to mobiles in SA. Not sure how that compares to Skype or other VOIP services. Or when/how you can purchase credit.
 
AvatarS said:
As well as an indicator up top showing how much the call should cost...
The info shows that it will be $0.05 to landlines and $0.17 to mobiles in SA. Not sure how that compares to Skype or other VOIP services. Or when/how you can purchase credit.
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Also not sure how it compares or how to purchase credit. As soon as I do find out I will test it again.
 
Code: 
Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Afghanistan $0.27 
Albania $0.12 
Albania - Mobile $0.25 
Albania - Tirane $0.12 
Algeria $0.12 
Algeria - Mobile $0.26 
Algeria - Mobile - Orascom $0.37 
Algeria - Mobile - Wataniya $0.37 
American Samoa $0.07 
Andorra $0.04 
Andorra - Mobile $0.22 
Angola $0.14 
Angola - Mobile $0.18 
Anguilla $0.12 
Anguilla - Mobile $0.24 
Antigua and Barbuda $0.14 
Argentina $0.02 
Argentina - Buenos Aires $0.02 
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Mobile $0.18 
Argentina - Mobile $0.16 
Armenia $0.09 
Armenia - Mobile $0.21 
Aruba $0.12 
Aruba - Mobile $0.23 
Australia $0.02 
Australia - Mobile $0.14 
Australia - Satellite Services $0.17 
Austria $0.03 
Austria - Mobile $0.19 
Azerbaijan $0.17 
Azerbaijan - Mobile $0.24 

Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Bahamas $0.06 
BAHAMAS_MOBILE $0.22 
Bahrain $0.17 
Bangladesh $0.10 
Bangladesh - Mobile $0.10 
Barbados $0.13 
Barbados - Mobile $0.20 
Belarus $0.24 
Belarus - Minsk $0.24 
Belarus - Mobile $0.27 
Belgium $0.03 
Belgium - Mobile $0.25 
Belgium - Mobile - Mobistar $0.20 
Belgium - Mobile - Proximus $0.16 
Belize $0.22 
Benin $0.17 
Benin - Mobile $0.21 
Bermuda $0.07 
Bhutan $0.18 
Bolivia $0.14 
Bolivia - Cochabamba $0.09 
Bolivia - La Paz $0.09 
Bolivia - Mobile $0.15 
Bolivia - Santa Cruz $0.09 
Bosnia and Herzegovina $0.15 
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mobile $0.29 
Botswana $0.11 
Botswana - Mobile $0.21 
Brazil $0.04 
Brazil - Belo Horizonte $0.04 
Brazil - Mobile $0.15 
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro $0.02 
Brazil - Sao Paulo $0.02 
Brunei $0.05 
Bulgaria $0.06 
Bulgaria - Mobile $0.39 
Bulgaria - Sofia $0.04 
Burkina Faso $0.19 
Burkina Faso - Mobile $0.26 
Burundi $0.15 
Burundi - Mobile $0.12 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Cambodia $0.20 
Cambodia - Mobile $0.18 
Cameroon $0.18 
Cameroon - Mobile $0.24 
Canada $0.00 
Cape Verde $0.29 
Cayman Islands $0.16 
Cayman Islands - Mobile $0.19 
Central African Republic $0.46 
Central African Republic - Mobile $0.39 
Chad $0.28 
Chile $0.03 
Chile - Mobile $0.15 
Chile - Rural $0.52 
China $0.02 
China - Mobile $0.02 
Colombia $0.05 
Colombia - Barranquilla $0.04 
Colombia - Bogota $0.04 
Colombia - Cali $0.04 
Colombia - Medellin $0.05 
Colombia - Mobile $0.07 
Comoros and Mayotte $0.45 
Comoros and Mayotte - Mobile $0.49 
Congo $0.40 
Congo Dem Rep $0.28 
Congo Dem Rep - Mobile $0.29 
Congo - Mobile $0.37 
Costa Rica $0.06 
Costa Rica - Mobile $0.06 
Cote d'Ivoire $0.25 
Cote d'Ivoire - Mobile $0.25 
Cote d'Ivoire - Mobile - Orange $0.25 
Croatia $0.04 
Croatia - Mobile $0.18 
Cuba $0.98 
Cuba - Guantanamo Bay $0.98 
Cyprus $0.04 
Cyprus - Mobile $0.05 
Czech Republic $0.03 
Czech Republic - Mobile $0.19 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Denmark $0.02 
Denmark - Mobile $0.19 
Djibouti $0.37 
Dominica $0.13 
Dominican Republic $0.06 
Dominican Republic - Mobile $0.11 
Dominica - Mobile $0.19 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Ecuador $0.11 
Ecuador - Mobile $0.22 
Egypt $0.13 
Egypt - Mobile $0.11 
El Salvador $0.19 
El Salvador - Mobile $0.19 
Equatorial Guinea $0.25 
Eritrea $0.29 
Estonia $0.03 
Estonia - Mobile $0.28 
Estonia - Mobile - Top Connect $0.33 
Ethiopia $0.29 
Ethiopia - Mobile $0.29 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Faroe Islands $0.13 
Faroe Islands - Mobile $0.20 
Fiji $0.21 
Finland $0.05 
Finland - Corporate $0.08 
Finland - Helsinki $0.05 
Finland - Mobile $0.15 
France $0.02 
France - Mobile $0.15 
France - Mobile - Orange $0.15 
France - Paris $0.02 
French Guiana $0.09 
French Guiana - Mobile $0.32 
French Polynesia $0.24 
French Polynesia - Mobile $0.28 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Gabon $0.24 
Gabon - Mobile $0.24 
Gambia $0.35 
Georgia $0.06 
Georgia - Mobile $0.14 
Germany $0.02 
Germany - Civil Service $0.42 
Germany - Mobile $0.23 
Germany - Mobile - Eplus $0.17 
Germany - Mobile - O2 $0.17 
Germany - Mobile - T-Mobile $0.17 
Germany - Mobile - Vodafone $0.17 
Ghana $0.20 
Ghana - Mobile $0.20 
Gibraltar $0.06 
Gibraltar - Mobile $0.29 
Greece $0.02 
Greece - Mobile $0.17 
Greece - Mobile - Telestet $0.17 
Greenland $0.50 
Greenland - Mobile $0.50 
Grenada $0.14 
Grenada - Mobile $0.20 
Guadeloupe $0.07 
Guadeloupe - Mobile $0.31 
Guadeloupe - Mobile - Digicel $0.26 
Guadeloupe - Mobile - Orange $0.22 
Guam $0.02 
Guatemala $0.14 
Guatemala - Mobile $0.14 
Guinea $0.33 
Guinea Bissau $0.75 
Guinea - Mobile $0.39 
Guyana $0.30 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Haiti $0.24 
Haiti - Mobile $0.25 
Honduras $0.19 
Honduras - Mobile $0.19 
Hong Kong SAR China $0.02 
Hong Kong SAR China - Mobile $0.02 
Hungary $0.02 
Hungary - Mobile $0.15 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Iceland $0.02 
Iceland - Mobile $0.25 
India $0.06 
India - Mobile $0.06 
Indonesia $0.09 
Indonesia - Jakarta $0.03 
Indonesia - Mobile $0.11 
Inmarsat $6.90 
Iran $0.10 
Iran - Mobile $0.12 
Iraq $0.09 
Iraq - Mobile $0.16 
Ireland $0.02 
Ireland - Mobile $0.19 
Ireland - Universal Access $0.17 
Israel $0.02 
Israel - Mobile $0.10 
Israel - Palestine Region $0.23 
Italy $0.02 
Italy - Mobile $0.30 
Italy - Mobile - H3G $0.21 
Italy - Mobile - Telecom Italia $0.21 
Italy - Mobile - Vodafone $0.21 
Italy - Mobile - Wind $0.21 

Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Jamaica $0.09 
Jamaica - Mobile $0.22 
Japan $0.02 
Japan - Mobile $0.11 
Jordan $0.14 
Jordan - Mobile $0.16
...
 
Code: 
Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Kazakhstan $0.12 
Kazakhstan - Mobile $0.13 
Kenya $0.14 
Kenya - Mobile $0.24 
Kenya - Nairobi $0.12 
Korea - North $0.77 
Korea - South $0.02 
Korea - South - Mobile $0.05 
Kuwait $0.09 
Kuwait - Mobile $0.12 
Kyrgyzstan $0.11 
Kyrgyzstan - Mobile $0.13 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Laos $0.08 
Latvia $0.05 
Latvia - Mobile $0.19 
Latvia - Mobile - Others $0.56 
Latvia - Mobile - Personal Numbers $0.37 
Lebanon $0.10 
Lebanon - Mobile $0.19 
Lesotho $0.26 
Lesotho - Mobile $0.25 
Liberia $0.25 
Libya $0.25 
Libya - Mobile $0.27 
Liechtenstein $0.06 
Liechtenstein - Mobile $0.47 
Lithuania $0.05 
Lithuania - Mobile $0.19 
Luxembourg $0.02 
Luxembourg - Mobile $0.21 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Macao $0.04 
Macao - Mobile $0.05 
Macedonia $0.13 
Macedonia - Mobile $0.32 
Madagascar $0.29 
Madagascar - Mobile $0.29 
Malawi $0.12 
Malawi - Mobile $0.16 
Malaysia $0.02 
Malaysia - Mobile $0.04 
Maldives $0.70 
Mali $0.27 
Mali - Bamako $0.20 
Malta $0.08 
Malta - Mobile $0.24 
Marshall Islands $0.29 
Martinique $0.05 
Martinique - Mobile $0.30 
Mauritania $0.22 
Mauritius $0.15 
Mexico $0.10 
Mexico - Guadalajara $0.02 
Mexico - Mexico City $0.02 
Mexico - Mobile $0.19 
Mexico - Monterrey $0.02 
Micronesia $0.24 
Moldova $0.14 
Moldova - Mobile $0.21 
Monaco $0.03 
Monaco - Kosovo - Mobile $0.29 
Monaco - Mobile $0.24 
Mongolia $0.15 
Montenegro $0.11 
Montenegro - Mobile $0.29 
Montserrat $0.20 
Morocco $0.09 
Morocco - Mobile $0.29 
Mozambique $0.12 
Mozambique - Mobile $0.13 
Mozambique - Mobile - Vodacom $0.24 
Myanmar $0.35 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Namibia $0.14 
Namibia - Mobile $0.20 
Nauru $0.99 
Nepal $0.19 
Nepal - Kathmandu $0.19 
Netherlands $0.02 
Netherlands - Antilles $0.14 
Netherlands - Mobile $0.23 
Netherlands - Paging $2.29 
New Caledonia $0.25 
New Zealand $0.02 
New Zealand - Mobile $0.22 
Nicaragua $0.15 
Nicaragua - Mobile $0.22 
Niger $0.17 
Nigeria $0.11 
Nigeria - Mobile $0.14 
Northern Mariana Islands $0.04 
Norway $0.02 
Norway - Mobile $0.21 
Norway - Special Services $0.10 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Oman $0.15 
Oman - Mobile $0.25 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Pakistan $0.11 
Pakistan - Mobile $0.11 
Palau $0.29 
Palestinian Authority $0.23 
Panama $0.08 
Panama - Mobile $0.15 
Paraguay $0.09 
Paraguay - Asuncion $0.09 
Paraguay - Mobile $0.15 
Peru $0.06 
Peru - Mobile $0.21 
Peru - Rural $0.15 
Philippines $0.11 
Philippines - Mobile $0.17 
Poland $0.02 
Poland - Mobile $0.17 
Portugal $0.02 
Portugal - Mobile $0.20 
Puerto - Rico $0.02 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Qatar $0.26 
Qatar - Mobile $0.27 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Reunion $0.11 
Reunion - Mobile $0.29 
Romania $0.09 
Romania - Mobile $0.21 
Russia $0.04 
Russia - Globaltel $0.07 
Russia - Mobile $0.06 
Russia - Moscow $0.02 
Russia - Saint Petersburg $0.02 
Rwanda $0.14 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Saint Kitts and Nevis $0.17 
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Mobile $0.23 
Saint Lucia $0.17 
Saint Lucia - Mobile $0.23 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $0.33 
Saint Vincent Grenadines $0.17 
Saint Vincent Grenadines - Mobile $0.24 
San Marino $0.25 
Saudi Arabia $0.11 
Saudi Arabia - Mobile $0.19 
Senegal $0.19 
Senegal - Mobile $0.22 
Senegal - Mobile - Orange $0.26 
Serbia $0.09 
Serbia - Mobile $0.25 
Seychelles $0.10 
Sierra - Leone $0.38 
Singapore $0.02 
Singapore - Mobile $0.02 
Slovakia $0.05 
Slovakia - Mobile $0.21 
Slovenia $0.04 
Slovenia - Mobile $0.21 
Slovenia - Mobile - Ipko $0.37 
Somalia $0.53 
South Africa $0.05 
South Africa - Mobile $0.17 
Spain $0.02 
Spain - Mobile $0.19 
Sri Lanka $0.12 
Sri Lanka - Mobile $0.12 
Sudan $0.20 
Suriname $0.20 
Suriname - Mobile $0.22 
Swaziland $0.16 
Swaziland - Mobile $0.20 
Sweden $0.02 
Sweden - Mobile $0.18 
Switzerland $0.02 
Switzerland - Mobile $0.29 
Syria $0.24 
Syria - Mobile $0.24 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Taiwan $0.02 
Taiwan - Mobile $0.09 
Tajikistan $0.12 
TAJIKISTAN_MOBILE $0.12 
Tanzania $0.15 
Tanzania - Mobile $0.23 
Thailand $0.03 
Thailand - Mobile $0.03 
Thuraya $4.99 
Togo $0.42 
Tonga $0.40 
Trinidad and Tobago $0.10 
Trinidad and Tobago - Mobile $0.10 
Tunisia $0.22 
Tunisia - Mobile $0.36 
Turkey $0.03 
Turkey - Mobile $0.18 
Turkey - North Cyprus $0.09 
Turkmenistan $0.14 
Turks and Caicos $0.12 
Turks and Caicos - Mobile $0.25 
Tuvalu $0.62 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Uganda $0.14 
Uganda - Mobile $0.14 
Ukraine $0.10 
Ukraine - Kiev $0.10 
Ukraine - Lviv $0.10 
Ukraine - Mobile $0.15 
United Arab Emirates $0.19 
United Kingdom $0.02 
United Kingdom - Mobile $0.18 
United Kingdom - Mobile - Hutchison3G $0.18 
United Kingdom - Mobile - O2 $0.18 
United Kingdom - Mobile - Orange $0.18 
United Kingdom - Mobile - Tmobile $0.18 
United Kingdom - Mobile - Vodafone $0.18 
United Kingdom - NGN - 870 $0.18 
United Kingdom - NGN - Local $0.18 
United Kingdom - NGN - National $0.24 
Uruguay $0.07 
Uruguay - Mobile $0.23 
Uzbekistan $0.08 
Uzbekistan - Mobile $0.09 
Uzbekistan - Tashkent $0.08 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Vanuatu $0.56 
Venezuela $0.03 
Venezuela - Mobile $0.14 
Vietnam $0.09 
Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City $0.09 
Vietnam - Mobile $0.09 
Virgin Islands - British $0.15 
Virgin Islands - British - Mobile $0.23 
Virgin Islands - Us $0.04 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Western Samoa $0.39 
Western Samoa - Mobile $0.39 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Yemen $0.16 


Country Google Voice rate per minute (USD) 
Zambia $0.07 
Zambia - Mobile $0.17 
Zimbabwe $0.08 
Zimbabwe - Mobile $0.33 
Zimbabwe - Mobile - NetOne $0.23 
Zimbabwe - Premium $0.46

https://www.google.com/voice/rates
 
FYI: Calls to landlines seem to be working. No luck on calls to mobiles (it rings, but nothing when answered).

EDIT: And thanks to testing glitches or the like, it seems to be free at the moment.
 
just use the openweb free to landline thing till sunday.
 
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