Make phone calls directly from Google Chrome desktop browser (sort of)

Google Chrome 78 allows desktop users to send phone numbers from websites to ir phones in form of a push tification alert. This feature is more like a productivity booster that will help users call a person or company faster than ever before. Let's say you are surfing internet on your computer and you realise that you urgently need to call customer care support of your credit card vendor. You go to website of your credit card vendor and find out contact details. w you have customer care contact details open on your computer. But first, you'd grab your phone, n read contact number from your computer screen and n finally dial number on your phone, isn't it? Can you imagine amount of time you'd put into such a simple task?

Google Chrome 78 makes this whole thing a lot simpler and faster. If you recall, previously, Google Chrome 77 update rolled out a new feature that allows users to share webps across devices, including mobile phones. Essentially, Chrome is extending a similar feature to support phone numbers. All you need to do is simply highlight and right-click phone number mentioned online on Chrome desktop browser. You should come across a new option to call from your device. But first up, make sure that you have latest version of Google Chrome, which is Google Chrome 78, installed on your laptop or a computer.

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Google Chrome 78: How to send phone numbers from desktop to mobile phone

Step 1: First things first, make sure you have latest Google Chrome 78 installed on your computer. Go to Chrome Settings > About Chrome to kw more about version of Google Chrome you have installed on your computer and see if new update is available to you to install.

Step 2: w, download latest update and upgrade your Google Chrome desktop browser to Chrome 78.

Step 3: Go to any website that mentions a valid phone number. Select and right-click number to receive an option to 'Call from (your device name)'

Step 4: You will receive a confirmation tification on your phone. Tap tification and proceed towards dialling that number.

What if I don't see an option to call from my device?

In case you don't see an option to call from your device, make sure that you have logged into both Google desktop and mobile browser from a common Google account. Sign in to Chrome using your Google account. Go to menu > Settings. If you are already logged in, make sure Sync is on.