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Difference between Google Voice and Skype

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1. Google Voice: Google Voice is a telephone service that provides call forwarding services and voicemail services. It allows users to have a single number and forward it to multiple phones. It was launched by Google in 2009. It is available for web, android, and iOS systems. It enables to retain the phone number despite changing the phone device. It uses the contacts across the Gmail the user. It provides many services such as voicemail, free text messaging, call history, call screening, blocking of unwanted calls, and voice transcription to the text voicemail messages. 

2. Skype: Skype is a telecommunication application that provides video calls and voice calls between mobile phones. computers and other devices. It requires an internet facility for providing any of its services. It is also used for messaging that can contain text, image, audio, or video. It allows connecting several people at a time in video conferencing calls. It was launched by Skype Technologies in 2003. It is currently owned by Microsoft Incorporation. It is one of the most used applications for video chatting. 

Difference between Google Voice and Skype:

GOOGLE VOICE SKYPE
It is a telephone service that provides call forwarding and voicemail services. It is a telecommunication services that provides video calls and voice calls.
It is owned by Google LLC. It is owned by Microsoft Incorporation.
It was launched in 2009. It was launched in 2003.
It was developed by Google. It was developed by Skype Technologies.
It offers messaging and voice calls but does not offer video calls. It offers video calls, voice calls and instant messaging.
It is majorly used for voice calls. It is majorly used for video calls.
It provides services like voicemail and call forwarding. It does not provide any such services.
It has a very less number of users. It has a huge number of users.
The number used in Google Voice is the regular number used to make traditional phone calls. A phone number is not necessary of the user is having Microsoft account.
It is the original feature of Google. It is not the original feature of Microsoft.
It does not provide conference calls. It provides conference calls during video calling.
Google Voice is free for personal use in the United States. For other countries, it’s very cheap and offers a $1 price or lower. In the case of Skype, one can call only another Skype number and in the United States, its price is near about 6.99$ and 2$ for other countries making it more costly than Google voice.

Last Updated : 16 Jun, 2022
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