Google Unveils Free SMS Service in India

Google has unveiled its free SMS service in India. The service can be accessed from its GTalk application and also from the GTalk integration in Gmail.

Though there has not been a formal announcement in this regard, Gmail users have been getting a notification indicating the same.

The service has been active for quite some time, but it is only now that Google has made it public.

According to Google, the service is supported by all operators in India and the US, but not by all operators in other countries.

All users get 50 credits every day. Every time the user sends a SMS, one credit is deducted. If the user receives a reply, five credits are credited to the user’s account, but the total number of credits will not exceed 50.

If you run out of credits, you will get a fresh set of 50 credits the next day, but you can always “buy” credits.