Google Announces Voice Call Features for Hangouts

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Free calls in the U.S. and Canada

For a while now, Google has provided two different services for video chats and voice chats. However, Google has announced that it is bringing voice chat to Google Hangouts.
According to Google’s official blog, users will be able to make calls from Hangouts on iOS, Android, and the web. Users will be able to call someone from their Google Voice number, answer calls from Hangouts, send and receive sms messages while Google Voice voicemails will show up in Hangouts. In addition, consumers will be able to call numbers for free anywhere in the U.S. and Canada while International calls will not be free.
For those who wish to take advantage of the new features coming to Hangouts, they will be activated over the next few days. Google Hangouts for Android will require version 2.3 and the accompanying dialer to take advantage of these features. Meanwhile, the iOS version only supports Google Voice calling for now with sms and voicemail support expected to be released soon.
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