Google launches phone service, but only on Nexus phones for now

New York

NOW you can Google a phone call.

On Wednesday, Google unveiled its long-awaited phone service, called Project Fi, putting the search giant in competition with Verizon, AT&T and other wireless service providers. In addition to new turf, the service is an attempt to blend several tools and the multiplying ways of calling people - cellular calls, online calls like those offered by Skype - into a single phone number and service.