[access-uk] Re: Calls to most UK numbers (including mobiles) are now free using Google Home. Yes, free as in cost-free not just hands free.

  • From: "Chrissie Cochrane" <chrissie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 10:36:44 -0000

No you may well be right.  Someone else I know has just tested it and it was
free so sounds good.

Chrissie 

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jonathan H
Sent: 07 March 2018 10:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calls to most UK numbers (including mobiles) are
now free using Google Home. Yes, free as in cost-free not just hands free.

Not sure you're looking at the right page - as per the original email:

https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7363847?
"How much will calls cost? Calls to most U.K. numbers are free".

Yes, there was a previous service called Google Voice which may have
charged. But if this new service wasn't free, then how did someone who has
never ever attached any payment method to their Google account just make a
ten minute call to my mobile?

Would like to know where you saw that it wasn't free.

Jonathan



On 7 March 2018 at 10:21, Chrissie Cochrane <chrissie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Well having done just a little research, it doesn't seem to me that 
it's actually free.  It talks about topping up your credit etc., 
rather like Skype.

Chrissie

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Jonathan H
Sent: 07 March 2018 10:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Calls to most UK numbers (including mobiles) are 
now free using Google Home. Yes, free as in cost-free not just hands free.

I know that many people on this list are fans of the Google Home Mini 
(currently on sale for £39).

In which case you might be interested to know that, as of this 
morning, calls to most UK numbers (including mobiles) are now free using
Google Home.
Yes, free as in hands-free and cost-free.

I've just had 3 phone calls to and from landlines and mobiles to test
this.

Details here: https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7363847?

FAQ item: "How much will calls cost? Calls to most U.K. numbers are free".

Just to double check that free really means free, someone who has 
never setup any kind of billing has just made a 10 minute call from 
their Home Mini to my mobile.

Sure, the quality is not exactly HD calling, but they were wandering 
all over their kitchen and I could hear every word. Delay was minimal 
and there was no echo.

I tried calling both by person in address book, and also just clearly 
speaking the number. You start with: "OK Google, make a phone call", 
and then either follow the prompts or just carry on by saying the 
person's name or number.

This is also being discussed over on HotUKDeals at
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-calls-using-google-home-uk-29053
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Jonathan
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