In fact, you’ll also have the option to Gchat while you’re checking your calendar and People contact list. As you can see in the photo below, you’ll be able to keep track of your conversation in the same window so no need to toggle between a chat window as well as your working one.Īs Microsoft said in its blog post, this Gchat integration is not limited to or at all. If you use SkyDrive to share documents with co-workers and classmates who are usually on Gchat, you’ll be able to message them directly from while you work together in real-time. Once you’re all set, you should be able to see your Google contacts in Outlook and see the option to IM or email them, without having to log into Gmail separately. That said, this Google Talk integration is not coming to WP8 just yet.Īfter you’ve merged your Google contacts, click on “Messenging” in or SkyDrive and on the “Allow Access” button to give Microsoft permission to manage your contacts and Gchats.
For your video chat and VoIP calling needs, already works with Skype (it’s slowly rolling out to the U.S.) and Facebook chat.īefore you can start IMing your Google buddies, you need to first merge your Google contacts with your existing contacts on your Microsoft account, which also updates your address book in Window Phone 8’s People Hub app and Windows 8’s People app. This is fantastic news, particularly if your most important emails are on Outlook, or if you use SkyDrive to share and store documents but you need to instant message your friends and co-workers who are only on Gchat.Ĭurrently, this Gchat integration is only limited to text messages and does not include Google Voice calls, as reported by The Verge. Microsoft announced today that it’ll be bringing Gchat (more formally known as Google Talk) into and, which means you’ll be able to chat with your Google contacts while logged into your Microsoft services in the next couple of days.
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