Google Hangouts is updated to integrate Google Voice calls
The company Google is making several changes to its messaging services and contact. And it is that the forecasts that promised to combine in the same service the messaging and video calls of Hangouts are finally being met and its call service Google Voice Of course, the process is being quite tedious and confusing, being necessary to update applications and download others.Also, keep in mind that, for the moment, Google Voice is not operational worldwide. Here we try to shed some light on this topic.
First of all we have to talk about the recent update of the application Hangouts , launched by Google last Wednesday as usual, to renew the appearance of the application. And it is that its services begin to approach the design presented as Material Design that looks much more dynamic, colorful and minimalistHowever, this update has surprised many American users by coming with an important notice: the integration with the Google Voice service
In this way, in addition to being able to manage free messages over the Internet and being able to make individual or group video calls,Google also added the possibility of receiving and sending from here the classic SMS messagesAn all-in-one application to manage quite a broad aspect of terminal messaging. Of course, leaving aside the messages of WhatsApp, Facebook and other services.
Now, at least in the United States, this application also begins to manage calls and voice messages from the service Google Voice A service that allows you to have a virtual telephone number to make calls over the Internet both to mobiles as landlines anywhere on the planet. Something very similar to what is seen in the payment service of Skype With it Hangouts becomes even more complete, opening up to a range of calls over the Internet, video calls, free messages, paid messages (SMS) and voice messages (answering machine). All this through a tool with a renewed and more practical aspect.
But there's more. To tie the knot, Google has released a new application called Google Hangouts Dialer, necessary for use Google Voice through Hangouts This is a number dialer to make calls . The curious thing is that it looks and works the same as the dialer of the Hangouts application However, it is an essential requirement to be able to migrate the Google Voice service to Hangouts and being able to make calls over the Internet at a very low cost (3 cents per minute to mobile phones and one cent to landlines plus VAT ).
In short, a movement that Google should still polish to avoid user confusion. Although, for your enjoyment in Spain we will still have to wait.For now, the first steps will be to download the update from Hangouts through Google Play from totally free over the next few days. You can also download the Google Hangouts Dialer dialer available from the Google App Store without no cost.
