[May 25, 2012] Comcast Releases Xfinity Voice Tweet May 25, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Comcast, a provider of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, announced a new, free Xfinity Voice feature that brings some of the best mobile voice technologies to the home phone. According to a release, the new feature, called Voice 2go, is part of an ongoing effort to expand the variety of ways Xfinity Voice customers can communicate across a range of consumer devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops and PCs. "We continue to enhance our Xfinity Voice service by adding new features consumers have come to expect from smartphones and mobile technology," said Cathy Avgiris, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data and Communications Services. "These new tools enable customers to stay connected to their home phone service and take it with them virtually wherever they go." Using their home phone number and the new Voice 2go feature of the newly redesigned Xfinity Connect Mobile app (formerly the Xfinity Mobile app), customers can now make phone calls and send text messages for free, when made within a WiFi network, such as in a customer's home or on a public WiFi hotspot. Alternatively, calls can be made using a customer's 4G or 3G wireless data plan, which don't use wireless minutes. Customers also can send and receive text messages domestically and internationally to more than 40 countries, including Canada, Brazil, China and, soon, Mexico. With the Xfinity Voice Advanced Call Forwarding feature, customers can automatically forward phone calls made to their home phone number to up to four additional phones or devices so they will never miss a call. Xfinity Voice also now offers up to four Personal Phone Numbers, which can be assigned to family members, and are separate from the primary account holder's phone number. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]