Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and less expensive calls

Kon’nichiwa, hola, and bonjour says Google, because it expands Gmail calling to support a complete of 38 languages and 4 currencies including Euros, British pounds and Canadian / US dolla dolla bills y’all. The calling feature allows Gmail users to name landlines and cell phones from within their Gmail browser for next to nothing, making the e-mail center a one-stop shop for IMs, emails, video and voice calls. The year-old service is lowering its call rates to $0.10 per minute to cell phones within the UK, France, and Germany, $0.15 per minute to Mexico, and $0.02 per minute to any number in China and India. Calling landlines is even cheaper — which might be fantastic once you actually knew someone that also used one. The expanded language support and less expensive calls adds another piece of ammo to Google’s arsenal because it goes head-to-head with Skype (which charges $0.18 – $0.25 per minute for calls to UK mobile numbers), after the corporate conveniently partnered with Google+’s arch nemesis for calls from inside the social network. But hey, a minimum of those late-night arguments won’t cost the previous nearly up to it once did.