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Messaging & Online Collaboration: Taking a Look at Google Gmail Voice, Video Chat
By Clint Boulton on 2008-11-11


Google's Gmail group adds voice and video chat to the popular Web mail application. No telling whether Gmail chat with the new tool will give Skype a run for its money, but the free plug-in is available for Webcam users beginning Nov. 11. The tool is Google's latest move to make Gmail more of a unified communications and collaboration application.

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How Do You Know When You're Getting a Call?


Click a button to answer.

What's on the Menu?


Voice and video chat from Gmail, of course, under the group chat option in Gmail.

Gmail Video Chat Lands


In high resolution, this is the landing page for the Gmail video chat feature.

Another View


Here's a pared-down version of the voice and video chat.

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