Google relaunches voice calling service on Gmail

[David Tom]

The convenience of modern smartphones and the emergence of video calling services have all but made traditional phone lines an outdated technology. Although it has failed to garner the same media coverage as services like Skype, Google has offered its...

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[Vrmithrax]

Just integrate the actual Google Voice system with this setup, and you'd be getting somewhere. I always liked the promise of Google Voice, but the execution came up a bit short when compared to competitive products like Skype and such.

 

[coppersloane]

Yet another application they'll get people using, then pull the plug on again. Google is flaky.

 

[sunk818]

From an enterprise use, being able to integrate e-mail, contacts, voice calls, video conference, etc all in one place is amazing integration. Cisco only wishes they could have that kind of communication all in one place.