How do I set up the chrome extension in the sipgate app?

How to install and use the sipgate Chrome extension for Click-to-Dial calling from websites and CRMs.

With the free Google Chrome extension, you can call any phone number directly from websites, emails, or connected CRM systems with a simple click from your sipgate app.

Note: The Chrome extension can only be used in the Desktop App.

How to install the Chrome extension

• Open the sipgate app and navigate to Settings.

• Under Advanced, go to the Click2Dial section.

• Click Open store next to Google Chrome\

  
• You'll be redirected to the Chrome Web Store. Click Add.

• Confirm the installation by clicking Add Extension.

Exception: sipgate.AppImage on Linux

Since the sipgate app is only launched as an application, the Click2Dial feature using tel links doesn't work. Install the sipgate app via AppImage Launcher. Afterward, you can highlight numbers in Chrome, right-click and select Call with sipgate or click on phone numbers linked as tel:.

Issue: The displayed phone number gets extended with 20 and is unreachable when called

Note: Phone numbers can be displayed with spaces as per RFC 3966 5.1.1. Separators in Phone Numbers. However, the tel link itself must not contain spaces ("tel" URIs MUST NOT use spaces).

Check: Hover over the linked number with your mouse and verify whether it's linked as tel:+44xxxx or tel:+49 xxx xxx.

Google sheets phone number calling issue

• Cause: Google Sheets interprets =+ as a formula, not a phone number (e.g., =+44800...).

• Workaround: Save the link as ="[phone]", then double-click the phone number and click on the sipgate logo.