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Rumor Mill: Google testing Voice integration in Gmail
A Google OS blog that obsessively follows all the leads it gets recently received an anonymous tip that Google was testing Google Voice integration into Gmail. The tip was accompanied by a screenshot of a dial pad pop-up box akin to the chat box that we all know and love.
Whether or not the tip is from a real source in the know or if the screen shot is just a photoshop mockup, it's pretty much a given that Google is testing this functionality somewhere in their sprawling technopolis.
Back in April, Google was rumored to be testing a desktop application for Google Voice. According to Tech Crunch, Google was dogfooding the integration of Gizmo5 and creating a desktop application for their Google Voice project.
Additionally, in February Google's Enterprise President Dave Girouard explained in an interview with eWeek that Google has been building on its business app suite and will launch an enterprise version of Google Voice later this year. Since Google's apps are mainly cloud based, I could see this Google Voice/Gmail integration being the final product they hope to launch--rather than the desktop.
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Comments
Posted by Anonymous | June 10, 2010 - 3:36pm
considering that Google has purchased Global IP Sound a month or 2 ago it makes sense that as a communication tool Gmail with it's chat, video & Buzz add ons that voice would be the next extension.
Ideally Google providing a SIP based registration point for all communication devices (Voice,Video,Chat) would create a huge wave for cloud communication services... add gateway services for traditional PSTN access and wow it's a pretty compelling offering. Take that AT&T/Verizon/BT/Vodafone etc ...
Posted by mikeeeee | June 11, 2010 - 11:48am
i can't wait for the dogfood to be distributed to the masses.
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