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Google Officially Brings Voice To Gmail

Posted by samzenpus on from the talk-away dept.

siliconbits writes "Google has finally added voice support to its popular Gmail email service which means that users will soon be able to call landlines and mobiles worldwide for free or for extremely low prices. The announcement was made at a press conference in San Francisco in front of a few selected press members."

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  1. To remove the annoying phone icon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    To remove the annoying phone icon: settings>>chat>>google voice (disable outbound voice calling)

  2. encrytion issues by lazycam · · Score: 5, Informative

    Last time I checked Google voice services did not support encryption. Unless they are talking about implementing security measures similar to Skype, I am not interested.

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