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2010-08-27
Google rolls out Gmail calling, more than 1 million calls in first 24 hours.
This week saw Google debut yet another Gmail feature, this time adding a voice calling service. Google Voice will be free for at least the end of year within the U.S. and Canada and calls to other countries will be billed at very low rates starting at $0.02 per minute.
Google tweeted that they reached 1 million calls within the first 24 hours of making the service available, a number they seem to be proud of. Time will tell if customers continue to use the service or if they find other web-based phone services such as Skype more appealing.
To increase exposure of the new feature Google has placed big red phone booths into airports and on college campuses across the U.S. The booths are equipped with Google Voice technology and give users a chance to try the service.
To explain how the service works, Google put together this fun video.
For more information you can visit the Google blog.
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