Google Launches Video and Voice Chat for Gmail November 11, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , trackbackGoogle today announced a major update for Gmail: video and voice chat. To make this work, users only have to install a small browser plugin. Google will start enabling these new features for all Gmail and Google Apps users at 12pm PST today. As is typical for new releases in Gmail, Google will roll this feature out to all users over the “next day or so.”
The new chat functionality will work on PCs with Windows XP or Vista, as well as on Macs with OS X 10.4 or later. The plugin will work with all the major browsers, including Google’s own Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.
From what we have seen so far, the videos integrate directly with the standard chat function in Google. To get started, you have to first enable this new functionality from the ‘Options’ menu at the bottom of a Gmail chat window. After that, all you have to do is select the contact you want to speak with and click on ‘Video & more’ in the lower-left part of the chat window. From there, you can then start a voice or video chat.
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