Send SMS from Gmail

How to Send SMS from Gmail

First Log in to your Gmail Account, click on Settings, and go to the Labs tab. Scroll down
until you see “Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat” and select Enable and Save
Changes.

To send an SMS, You can simply type a US-phone number or into the search box
in the chat window on the left, then select “Send SMS.” You can also select the
contact you want to SMS first and then add their phone number.

Once you give us a name for that phone number, you’ll be able to start
chatting.

According to the Gmail blog
post, the site is currently testing
out the service with US phones only for now (messages can be sent from abroad,
they just need to be directed at a US phone).