Question

How to Make a call with Google Voice?

Answer 1

Make a call with Google Voice

You can make domestic and international calls from your Google Voice number on desktop or mobile.

Computer AndroidiPhone & iPad

Call someone with Google Voice

Important: 

• To call someone from your computer, you must use one of these browsers:
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Safari
• You can’t make emergency calls with Google Voice. To make an emergency call, use your device’s phone app.

1. Go to Google Voice.
2. On the left, in the “Calls” tab, point to the name of a person in your recent calls list and click Call .

Optional: You can also choose one of these methods in the Calls , Messages , or Voicemail  tabs:

• If the person appears in your contacts list: On the right, click their name.
• If the number you want to call is a saved contact: At the top, in the “Enter name or number” search bar, enter their name. In the list, click their name.
• If the number you want to call isn’t a saved contact: Use the keypad to dial the number  click Call .

Tips: 

• To show the keypad, at the bottom right, click Show keypad.
• For international calls, enter the country code before the phone number. For example, for Brazil, enter 55 before the phone number.
• At the top right, the “Call as” field shows your Google Voice number.

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Call someone from a URL with Google Voice

1. Sign in to your Google Account.
2. In the address bar, enter “https://voice.google.com/u/0/calls?a=nc,%2Bphonenumber”.
   Make sure to replace phonenumber with the number you want to call without hyphens. 

Tips:

• For example, to call 1-800-555-0111, enter https://voice.google.com/u/0/calls?a=nc,%2B18005550111
• For international calls, include the country code.

Know how much a call costs

• When you’re calling from the US, almost all Google Voice calls to the US and Canada are free.
• Calls to a few places in the US and Canada cost 1 cent per minute USD, or the listed rate for your local currency.
• Calls to places outside the US are at listed rates.
• Learn more about calling rates.

• Domestic and international calls use minutes from your phone plan, and you might be charged long-distance rates.
• If you have a US phone number and make a call when you're in another country/region, you're charged international rates.
• Make Google Voice calls over the internet.

Tip: If your internet connection isn’t stable, you get a notification to use minutes from your phone plan, which may include carrier call charges. If you don’t want to switch to a carrier call, on the notification, select Cancel.

Related links

• Set up phones to make & receive Google Voice calls
• Fix problems with Google Voice calls
• Use one-click dialing on Google Voice