Hangouts in Google+ now can call almost any phone!
Users of Google+ can now make phone calls to almost any phone number and place a voice call to family and friends on their land line or cell phone. The new feature allows calls OUTSIDE of the Google+ ecosystem.
The feature is limited to OUTBOUND calls and cannot accept incoming calls to your Google+ account. The feature is also currently “desktop-only” and is not currently compatible with Google+ on mobile apps. (Want to bet THAT will change…? 
) Your calls to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers will be FREE. (Free is good!) Callers can also buy credit to dial out to international lines (it looks like calls to India are “dirt cheap”).
According to CNET:
To place a call, click the “Invite” button in Hangouts, then the “+telephone” link. After entering the number, hit “add.” The dialer currently stores one number at a time.
The Google Voice platform powers the entire operation, though the feature bears the Google+ Hangouts name. You can similarly place calls to land lines and mobile phones using Google Voice’s integration into Gmail.
After 1) screen sharing and 2) support for Google Docs, calling out with Hangouts is now the THIRD “high-profile experimental feature” to be brought into the main product.
I think that I see where this is headed… does Microsoft?
(If you are new to Google Voice, those nice folks at CNET offer a good starting place….)
-Bill at
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