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Is there a reason Skype and soon WhatsApp can do this, but Voice needs to connect through a phone? I might guess antiquated taxes or, more likely deals with car
by rch 13y ago
Is there a reason Skype and soon WhatsApp can do this, but Voice needs to connect through a phone? I might guess antiquated taxes or, more likely deals with carriers, because I can make calls with gmail from my laptop after all.
- meritt 13y agoWhatsApp to WhatsApp will just be a data stream. WhatsApp to Phone will need to touch a phone network at some point for call completion. When you make calls from within gmail, your endpoint is a google server but google is still making a regular telephone call and just bridging the two.
- tracker1 13y agoI can only guess that Google likes to tie your account to a real phone number for Voice... when I activated my Azure account (I have MSDN via work), they required a real phone number... This may also be a regulatory request from the U.S. Govt. If you call in a bomb threat from Voice, the gov't can track you down.
- rch 13y agoI'm perfectly alright with the verification step, but it would be nice to be able to ditch the handset from time to time.