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Google Talk

Not to be confused with Google Chat or Google Messages.

Google Talk
Developer(s)Google LLC
Initial releaseAugust 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)
Final releaseWindows Plugin:
3.19.1.13088 (May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)) [±]
Preview releaseGoogle Talk Labs Edition [±]
Operating system
List
SuccessorGoogle Chat
Available inEnglish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Spanish
TypeVoIP/instant messaging client
LicenseProprietary software
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20130514014126/http://www.google.com/talk/ Edit this on Wikidata

Google Talk was an instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication.[1] The instant messaging service was variously referred to colloquially as Gchat, Gtalk, or Gmessage among its users.[2]

Google Talk was also the name of the client applications previously offered by Google to use the service. Google Talk applications were available for Microsoft Windows,[3] Android,[4] BlackBerry OS,[5] BlackBerry 10[5] and ChromeOS[6] operating systems. A Google Talk mobile web app had also been previously available.[7] In February 2015, the Windows client was discontinued and ceased to work, with Google recommending users to use Google Hangouts instead.[8][9] Users of Windows client were instructed to migrate to the Google Hangouts app on the Chrome browser platform.[10] Currently, Google is migrating its users from Google Hangouts, to Google Chat and Google Meet.

  1. ^ "Google Talk - About". Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  2. ^ Adrianne Jeffries (February 10, 2012). "Google Says 'Gchat' Is Not a Word". The New York Observer.
  3. ^ "Google Talk - Other IM Clients". Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "Google for Android". Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Google Talk - BlackBerry World". BlackBerry. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Chrome Web Store – Google Talk". Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "Google Talk Mobile Web App". Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "Goodbye to the Google Talk app for Windows". February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "Notification re: Google Talk app for Windows replacement". Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "Google Talk Discontinued; Users Told To Switch To Hangouts App". Yibada. Sayan Bandyopadhyay. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.