The Hangouts version 2.3 application for Android is here and offers great novelty as the ability to make free voice calls directly from the cell, on Wifi, 3G or 4G .
Google, the company behind the development of this application indicates that today can make voice calls Hangouts from the mobile app (Android and iOS) as well as from the web version of this service.
Calls are free to other users using Hangouts. It also indicates that from the mobile application or the browser you can make free calls to numbers in the United States and Canada , and that the costs for calls to other countries are "low."
The second thing you will need is the Hangouts Dialer application. You can download and install Hangouts Dialer ( Phone Hangouts )from Google Play.
That's it. When you open the application Hangouts you will see a phone icon that lets you make free calls to numbers to any contacts that use Hangouts
Google, the company behind the development of this application indicates that today can make voice calls Hangouts from the mobile app (Android and iOS) as well as from the web version of this service.
Calls are free to other users using Hangouts. It also indicates that from the mobile application or the browser you can make free calls to numbers in the United States and Canada , and that the costs for calls to other countries are "low."
How I call from my Android with Hangouts
To call from an Android phone using Hangouts application the first thing you have to have is version 2.3 of the application. You can download or update from Google Play (at the time of writing this version is not yet available) or you can choose to download the APK 2.3 Hangouts here (direct download from Mediafire). With this APK in the memory of your phone, just click on it to install. If the installation goes "blocked", be sure to enable installation from unknown sources in Settings> Applications> Security.The second thing you will need is the Hangouts Dialer application. You can download and install Hangouts Dialer ( Phone Hangouts )from Google Play.
That's it. When you open the application Hangouts you will see a phone icon that lets you make free calls to numbers to any contacts that use Hangouts
Free calls to USA and Canada from any country
This is one of the good things about Hangouts: You can make free voice calls to almost any number of United States or Canada (mobile or fixed, apparently) from virtually any other country or the world. It's all about dial from the Android application and click the call button. Of course, if you dial from another country, do not forget to dial 001 before the number of the person (the international code 00 and 1 for the country code, which belongs to USA and Canada).Calls to other countries or contacts without Hangouts
Call to other countries other than USA or Canada has a cost though with Hangouts, Google says the cost is "really low". Additionally, before you call any contact in your address book, the Hangouts application first checks if the person has Hangouts: included, the call will be made at no cost through; if you have a screen that will allow invite the contact (SMS) using Hangouts is displayed.
In addition to this great news, Hangouts 2.3 comes with a facelift: the design incorporates Material Design Android L characteristic, which suggests that the final release of this new version of Android is very close.
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