Google Voice VoIP Desktop Client Could Be On the WayS

Two blogs now claim, through sources at Google, that a desktop VoIP client for Google Voice is being tested internally. That's an exciting step toward making and receiving calls at your computer, on the same number that rings all your other numbers.

It's a move that's been expected since Google acquired Gizmo5, a voice-over-IP calling service that offered Skype-like connectivity between regular phones and people on computer connections. Google closed down Gizmo5's service to new sign-ups, and much has been quiet on the Gizmo front of late. So it would all seem to add up, and it adds a real value to Google Voice for a growing number of folks who only have a single cellphone number.

If the sources leaking to TechCrunch and Download Squad are correct, Google has just started testing a full desktop Google Voice client this week; TechCrunch claims the public launch could be "possibly soon," though that's true of, well, everything. If you've heard something more—or, better still, have screenshots—you can feel free to send them along to