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Google Gmail Gets Voice and Video Chat

Posted on 13. Nov, 2008 by Nikhil Sheth in Google, News

Recently Google Launched emoticons feature in Gmail and now there are 2 more new features Voice and Video Chat. Google on Tuesday announced that it is integrating a voice and video plug-in for it Gmail Chat offering that lets you see or hear the friend with which you are chatting.

To start using the voice and video chat feature in Gmail, you just need to download and install a plugin, which takes almost a few minutes by the way. Make sure that you have enabled the chat facility in your Gmail account then do the following:

* Login to your Gmail account
* Click on “Video and more” menu which is located at the bottom of your Gmail chat window
* Click on “Start video chat”
* And wait till you see and hear your contact

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