I've always liked the word "moribund" and up until the past couple of days, it was a perfect adjective to describe Google Talk. I've had a hard time getting friends and associates interested in using ...

Google is beginning to roll out a new feature that adds chat to their GMail service. Their What's New page has changed, but is still not visible from within GMail. It looks and functions very much ...

Gmail Chat, once known as Gchat but more accurately referred to as Google Hangouts today, is the little messenger attached to your Gmail account you see in a web browser. The mobile version of Gmail ...

CNET News.com reporter Elinor Mills explains how to use some of its new features. The application's Quick Contacts list is synchronized with a user's Google Talk friends list and automatically ...

Gmail is now rolling out a new user interface that will show Chat and Meet sections in the side pane by default — unless you've already disabled them. Google introduced this new integrated view ...

Your Gmail account sends e-mail, allows video and online chat, and now can call your contacts in the United States and Canada for free. Google announced on its corporate blog today that its U.S. users ...

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Earlier today we told you about how Gmail is being integrated with Googles chat service, Google Talk. One of the neater features is the ability to go "off the record." We know that sometimes, we don't ...

Update (6/26): Welp, today’s the day. If you’re one of the few users who are still using Google Talk, the chat service that first debuted in 2005, Google will be transitioning you to Hangouts later ...

Last year, Google announced that the future of Gmail will see Chat messaging and group Rooms join the existing Meet video calling integration. This is already available to enterprise Workspace users, ...

It looks like big changes are coming to Gmail. Twitter user Tahin Rahman posted leaked slides (first spotted by 9to5Google) detailing a merger between Gmail, Google Docs, Google Chat, and Google Meet ...

Google has announced that Gmail’s new layout, which changes how Google Chat, Meet, and Spaces are integrated, will be available to try starting in February; become default by April; and become the ...