Google Voice Review – Google Voice (VOIP) is Cheaper than Skype!

Posted by Abbas ||

July 17, 2009 ||

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Google is quickly launching new services and applications around its much talked about Google Voice service. This service is also being seen as a huge threat to already existing VOIP services.

I got my Google Voice number today and have been playing around with the service for a while now. It does offer interesting features but I will take some time before I share this number with others.

The company recently launched its mobile version of Voice service for Blackberry and Android but not for iPhone yet! I wonder if AT&T will let users use this service over its 3G network, well, Skype wasn’t so lucky.

By the way.. making international calls over Google voice is cheaper than Skype calling rates which is why lot of VOIP services are closely watching every move Google is making. Compare calling rates here … Google Voice Calling Rates – Skype Calling Rates

Here are a few screenshots from the service…

This is the verification screen you will see every time you link an existing telephone number with the Google number.

This is what the Google Voice console looks like.. and yea as you see in the screenshot.. Google gives you a 10cents credit with every account.. just enough to test the quality of the call before you buy more credits. (click on the image to see a bigger version)

The service also lets you call any number, mobile or land line for absolutely free. Just get online and punch in the number you’d like to call, Google calls you and then connects you with the number you punched in. This should get a little easier with the mobile apps.

Service also lets you maintain an online voice mailing service which alerts you by SMS and E-mail every time someone leaves a voice mail. These voice mails are converted to transcripts before being sent as SMS. The transcription is pretty accurate as you can see in the image below.

These voice mails can also be downloaded and saved as MP3 files or simply embedded on your site or blog….

Overall I think the service is good, however, users will certainly take some time before they trust this service and start sharing the numbers with others.

Google Voice is not open for registrations yet but you can register for an invite and get one an a week or two! Click here to register for an invite.

Tags: Google, Google International Calling Rate, Google Voice, Google VOIP

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