Only a few days after the launch of its new task manager, Gmail has introduced a new feature allowing users to send free SMS messages through its integrated Chat. To activate the feature, visit the ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It’s pretty simple to do really, again, as long as you have a Google Voice number attached to Hangouts. Open ...

Customers of Malaysian mobile operator DiGi can now use Gmail to send free SMSes to friends after the carrier teamed up with Google to bring the service to the country. DiGi, whose 8.8 million users ...

Before you say, "So What?" we are well aware that you could send an SMS from email by using an address of the form [email protected] (we're also aware AIM supported this). But when you did that, you ...

After a pulled-back launch back in late October, Google has re-released SMS capabilities in Gmail Chat. It's still an "experimental feature" in Gmail Labs, but presumably after the false start it'll ...

Gmail's chat-to-SMS feature is getting pulled back by a couple weeks for the Gmail team to fix a showstopper bug that kept it from working properly. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers ...

Google has rolled out a new service in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya that lets Gmail users send and receive emails using the built-in SMS features of their mobile phones. The implications of this are ...

Google today rolled out a Labs feature that allows you to quickly send SMS messages via Gchat-perfect for continuing to antagonize your contacts with your witty links well after they leave their ...

— -- Google will reportedly add SMS sending capabilities to Gmail Chat today which will now let desktop Gmail users swap instant messages with mobile phone users via SMS protocol. Previously ...

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