Google has rolled out its new 'free SMS' service from its free email service Gmail. This service allows users to send messages to mobile phones from the Gmail chat window.
Users just have to add mobile numbers of their contacts in the email address. The SMS sent from Gmail chat are delivered to mobile phones while replies from the mobile phone come into the chat window.
Currently the service has 50 SMS credits for each user, every sent SMS costs one credit while a received message adds on 5 credits subject to the maximum level being 50 SMS at any given time.
Google has rolled out the SMS service in partnership with all cellular operators in India now.
Google says,"If you'd like a higher message credit, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Every time you send a reply message, your SMS credit is increased by five. Effectively, you're buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages".
Google does not charge for using the SMS service. However, standard charges by cellular operators will apply to any SMS messages sent from a mobile device to Google Chat.
If the credit balance becomes 0, Google says, "It will increase back up to one credit, 24 hours later. So, you won't ever be locked out of the system."
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Comments:
PRASUN & MADHUMITA
December 31, 2012 at 11:43 PM
Gurlal chattha
December 13, 2012 at 6:21 PMhow r u?whats up?
Sra
October 14, 2012 at 11:32 AMI use Desksms on smart phone sync to gmail. One can Store all the msgs in Gmail and also respond from there. That's pretty convenient
NeP
October 13, 2012 at 1:05 PMBiscuits for disclosing one's phone number to Google. So with phone number information Google can know you location.
Best wishes to you & your family
Happy New Year - 2013
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Prasun Mitra, Madhumita Mitra, Parnas Mitra