“We
want to make Google Voice as secure as possible. There are a few third-party
applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use
of Google Voice. These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your
security, so we’re notifying these
app
developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run
their services and transition users by May 15, 2014”.
Google+ Product Manager
Nikhyl Singhal announcing the demise of Google Voice
While
the VoIP World is expanding, Google’s slowly withdrawing themselves from that
world since the First Quarter of 2014 as stated in “Google
plans to kill Google Voice in coming months, integrate features into Hangouts”,
published March 18, 2014 / 6:39 am by SETH WEINTRAUB, 9 to 5 Google.
Simply
put, no more Google Voice App, which
will be integrated into the Hangouts iOS and Android Apps. In essence, Google Voice will end up like the
Google+ Web version; you'll be able to actually make (and receive) VoIP via a
web interface. This is similar to Skype in the Clouds as I like to call it as
detailed in my Geezam blog article
entitled “Skype
clocks 2 Billion Minutes per Day worth of VoIP Calls driven by the Mobile
Computing Revolution”
That
last bit is important, as Google Voice
is going to be rolled up into Google+ and shut down Third-Party implementations
of Google Voice in other Apps as
Google was so nice to remind us in April was coming on Thursday May 15th
2014 as stated in the article “Reminder:
Third-party Google Voice apps shut down in 20 days”, published Apr 25 2014,
12:10pm EST by Ron Amadeo, ArsTechnica.
Telecom
Providers and Apple may not like this, as it'll ruin their Voice Calling
Revenues. This coming “dispute” may be very similar to the ongoing dispute that
Telecom Provider Digicel or Telecom Provider LIME have with VoIP apps
Viber, Nimbuzz and all their relatives as explained in my blog article
entitled “LIME
and Digicel blocking all VoIP Services - How Telecom Providers can make money
from Regularizing Paid VoIP Services”.
The
OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation) is deliberating on what decision to take as
explained in my blog
article entitled “Telecom
Providers await OUR’s Judgement on VoIP Bypass – Viber is on the rebound but
USF Revenue for GOJ means they’ll win”.
How to make free US and
Canada Calls with Google Voice in Hangouts App – International Calling Plan
So
how do you make International Calls with Google
Voice in Hangouts without having to directly sign up for a Google+ Account?
If you’re in the US of A or Jamaica and you want an alternative to Skype or
ooVoo on your Desktop or Laptop, you can use Google Voice to make Free US and Canada
Calls.
Otherwise
use Free Calls with Free
Calls with MagicJack on Apple iTunes or Free Calling
with MagicJack on Google Play on your smartphone as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to make Free USA and Canada Calls with Free Calls with Magicjack - MagicJack
Stock buoyed by the coming of WhatsApp to VoIP Calling to Mobile and Landlines”.
First
you need to set up either Proxy Sites or VPN (Virtual Private Network) as
described in my blog
article entitled “How
to find Free TV online and how to Stream from Hulu or Netflix in Jamaica -
Jamaican Pirate of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides Streaming Restricted US
Content”.
A
Proxy service routes your traffic through a series of Servers, hiding your true
location whereas a VPN is similar, except it involves logging into a different
ISP (Internet Service Provider) and encrypting your Data traffic. BOTH have the
effect of making you appear to be in the US of A when in fact you’re in
Jamaica.
You
also need to have a Gmail Account,
which is fairly easy to set up by going to the website http://www.mail.google.com/mail. Once
you’ve got that set up, then the instructions are as easy as pie:
1.
Log in to Google Voice on the Web using your Gmail Account Login and password.
2.
In the call or text box on the left,
enter the number
3.
Choose Hangouts from the drop-down menu as the Phone to call with
4.
Click Connect and a new Hangouts window will appear
5.
Press the Call button and you'll be connected to the number you provided
Good
to note that there’s one perk to Google
Voice; you can make free Calls to US or Canadian numbers, except for
Emergency Numbers as I’d discovered in my blog article
entitled “Google
and Google Voice - The World is Not Enough”.
Since
you'll be logged in via a Proxy or VPN, you can basically call any US or
Canadian number for Free, with calls to any number outside of these areas being
as little as US$0.15 per minute in most cases based on the Google Voice Calling Rates Table.
So
get your PayPal Account or your Scotia VISA Debit Card or CIBC VISA Debit
Card ready to pay for International Calling at rates lower than local
Calling Plans provided by Telecom Provider Digicel or Telecom Provider LIME as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to set up an International Calling Plan for Digicel or LIME Prepaid and
Postpaid”.
Happy
Free Calling with Google Voice…that
is, until you have to have a Hangout App to make Google Voice Calls!
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