One of the most awaited Google service “Google Voice” has finally been released to public. The service from the Internet giant was earlier limited to only few users and was available only on invitation. The service for now will only be available to US users.
The Google Voice as a service provides a single Phone number to the user and has the ability to direct calls to user’s mobile, home or work based phones depending on the configured settings, which are customizable by the users. The service also has the added features that enable you to make free conference calls and make free outbound domestic calls. There would be some minimum charges for International charges, but would cheaper by a huge margin compared to conventional cellular services. Google Voice is also supported on Android and Blackberry phones through their respective Apps.
The extent of this service from Google is yet to be explored for now but analysts feel Google is definitely planning big, considering the recent moves Google made into the telecommunications and video services. It acquired GIPS last month, which is Company related to Voice and Video services sector. Goggle earlier purchased Gizmo5 a Skype competitors, and plans to integrate it into Google voice.
The service already had more than one million users, before it was made available to everyone. In May this year Google opened the service to everyone with email accounts that had “.edu” extension. The service received good response and was being expected to hit the common users soon.
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