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Google has now added phone numbers that hyperlink to Google Hangouts for voice dialing and calling.
If you search for your favorite place on Google Local, Google may show a big phone number, depending on your query. That phone number is hyperlinked to open using Google Hangouts and do phone dialing and voice over Hangouts.
Here is a screen shot showing it in action:
When you click the phone number, it opens Google Hangouts in a new pop up window:
Then it asks you if you want to call and if there are costs associated with the call:
This was announced by Google's Mayur Kamat on Google+ and then reshared by Google+.
Comments:
rohan
06/19/2014 06:25 am
Its really a awesome updates from Google. I think in coming days everyone gonna avail this facility. but when i type and keyword for phone no, I get the number but i am unable to click on them to call them on hangout. Somebody tell me how to fix it.
Jasper Oldersom
06/19/2014 06:53 am
Is this a worldwide update? ps. It seems like the last link isn't working.
rohan
06/19/2014 07:11 am
Yes its worldwide but call rate is free in US only and in different country call rate is different ( https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/rates?p=hangout)
APk
06/19/2014 10:13 am
https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161993?hl=en
rohan
06/19/2014 10:44 am
thnx for sharing this link .. but even after installation this plugin hyperlink is not showing
Jasper Oldersom
06/19/2014 12:34 pm
Thanks for the comment Rohan, i had to install the plugin but it's working now.
John-Pierre Cornelissen
06/20/2014 03:53 pm
It also works in the Netherlands but at a charge of € 0,02 per minute. It 's odd though that it doesn't know the country the local business is in. You need to manually select the country the business in.