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Calling from Gmail gets an update, now supports 38 languages

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Bonjour, privyet, and nihhao! Calling from Gmail, the service that allows Gmail users to call friends, family and work colleagues from a computer directly to a mobile phone and landlines is now available in 38 languages.

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Take that, Skype!

Gchat users have long been able to talk over their computers and video chat, but the ability to use one’s computer to call directly to a landline or mobile phone was a development the online giant rolled out last August.

This recent update, as explained on the Official Google Blog, has more international language support -- including Portuguese, Turkish, Vietnamese and Serbian. Also, it allows users to pay for the phone credit in four different currencies -- euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars.

The company has also lowered its calling rates. For example, if you want to call England, France or Germany you’ll pay 10 cents a minute to be connected to a cellphone, and 2 cents a minute if you call a landline. To call Mexico it will cost you 6 cents a minute if you call a landline, and 15 cents a minute to call a cellphone. You can see the full list on Google’s rates page.

[Updated, 2:11 p.m.: An earlier version of this story said the update was to Google Voice. A spokesperson for Google let us know the update was actually to Calling from Gmail.]

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