<p>Gmail users in the U.S. and Canada will get free calling for another year, Google announced Wednesday.</p><p>"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.</p><p>Users 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.</p><p>Google debuted voice calls in August 2010, and extended free calling at the end of every year-- through 2011 and 2012 -- since then.</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/12/27/free-calling-gmail/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/26/google-extends-free-gmail-voice-calls-in-the-u-s-and-canada-through-2013/">Google Extends Free Gmail Voice Calls In The U.S. And Canada Through 2013</a> (TechCrunch)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023410/domestic-calls-through-gmail-to-remain-free-in-2013.html">Domestic calls through Gmail to remain free in 2013</a> (PCWorld)</p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/26/gmail-google-voice-free-2013/">Gmail phone calls remain free of charge in 2013 for US and Canada</a> (Engadget)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dwS1iyVxIsxZMOMUQaESN5fuhixiM&ned=us">43 additional articles.</a></p>