Google Voice Users Can Answer Phone Calls in Hangouts

Gmail users got a taste of Google's new Hangouts feature this week, but it turns out it has a little bit of Gmail's voice calling baked in as well.

If someone calls your Google Voice number and you're signed into Hangouts, you'll be able to answer the call right then and there. It'll open up in its own window, just like a video hangout, and you'll be able to talk to them as if you were talking to them on the phone. It doesn't look like you can make outbound calls yet (at least from Gmail, some folks are reporting success in making outbound calls from Google+), but it seems like Google's trying to integrate the Voice features we had in the old chat. Head on over to Gmail to give it a try!

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