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"Gmail users in the U.S. and Canada will get free calling for another year, Google announced Wednesday.\n\"You'll continue to be able to make free domestic calls through 2013,\" Mayur Kamat, a product manager at the company, said in a blog post. \nUsers with Internet connection and a microphone can make calls to any phone from within the email client. An option to \"Call phone,\" indicated by a phone-receiver icon, is part of Google Chat's menu; when clicked, a pop-up with a dial pad appears. \nSEE ALSO: Google Voice Mistaken Identity Leads to Epic Exchange\n\nGoogle debuted voice calls in August 2010, and extended free calling at the end of every year\u2014 through 2011 and 2012 \u2014 since then.\nWhile international calls are not free, users can dial to another country from Gmail \"at insanely low rates,\" Kamat wrote. Rates for the calls start at $0.02 per minute, according to Google.\nSEE ALSO: How to Ditch Your Landline\n\nIn the first 24 hours after its launch, Google Voice saw 1 million class placed. At the time, commentators said the service could be a Skype-killer. \nWill you be taking advantage of Google Voice's free domestic calls? Do you use the service in Gmail? Tell us in the comments below. \nImage courtesy of Flickr, timparkinson"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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