‘Send to phone’ from Google Maps now in Australia
I have no idea when this started working in Australia - for the longest time it was only in the US.
NOTE SAFARI USERS you need to do this from a google.com.au map NOT a google.com map. Safari, at least for me, uses google.com when you use the Google search box.
If you do a google maps search, such as the one I did for the location of tonights curiously named ‘Swedish Beers’ mobile industry event and you pick the ’send’ option
Then choose the phone option and enter an Australian number, no need for the +61 prefix.
And the you get a SMS message like this:
Its nice to still get free SMS messages as some companies such as Twitter are going in the other direction.
The URL is for mobile but the iPhone is smart enough to intercept it and route it to the native app:
