Internet now made an easy to send and receive data over long distance, you can send and receive message of any form while lying on your bed next to your device, like social media platforms and Voice over IP calls, all of them use Internet connection system to make their users get in touch with one another.
This post cover a topic on how VoIP (voice over IP) works and how to set up an account for VoIP in your android phone.
VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is a virtual technology system that allows a user to make and receive a phone calls and multimedia contents to or from another user using an Internet connection.
The VOIP technology is being created in 1995 purposely to save the cost of traditional telephone charges and make fast information transmission in a short period of time across the globe. VoIP now replaced the use of old traditional telephones due to the advancing of network technology like an IP invention, unlike optical fiber cable transmission system.
Voice over IP has similar mechanism to an old traditional telephone but instead of using cables to transmit data it uses the concept of IP address, the information is in packet form and is being transmitted over a network connection with the help of IP.
Making calls and sending multimedia contents made easy with VoIP, the system use to encode the multimedia into video and audio codec for delivery.
The system bring an ease to its users with some many advantages from cheap costs, voice quality, portability, high accessibility and an alternative to old landline system. The voice over IP is free which means it doesn't require any payment but only your Internet connection and a small time to set up the account.
When it comes to accessibility, any one can use VoIP, either in a computer or mobile device. The system is now worldwide, which means you can make and receive calls from any where around the world.
You can now make and receive calls with your Internet connection without using your airtime. VoIP is not only limited to phone calls, but you can also make video calls and chatting.
There many apps that offer voice over IP calls these are Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, Skype, Viber and Google Duo. In this post we will be using Google Duo, before that let get a brief understanding on what is Google Duo.
Google Duo is a cross platform voice over IP software that also support video telephony service. As the name implies you can understand that the software is being developed by Google. Google Duo is free, all it need is google account (Gmail) and good Internet connection to get started.
It is as easy as pie to get started with VOIP services
To set Voice over IP account on your android all you need is go to your google play store and download Google Duo app, after downloading follow these steps.
1. After installation finishes then launch the app.
2. Second step is to verify your phone number, you can skip this step but it is very important step to not miss.
3. Next screen is to add your Google account (gmail account), something similar to this name@gmail.com and click on next.
Now you are done with your account set up, you can go directly and start calling or video chatting by tapping call or video button in the main screen.
But note that, for you to call other person he must also have an account with Google Duo, and you must be online at the same time.
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