Today, Google also announced that video is an option for chatting. It works with the regular chat services and has many options, such as popping out the video window so you can continue working while chatting.

Here’s what you’ll need to get started:

• Download the Gmail voice and video chat plug-in, quit all open browser windows, and install the plug-in.
• Sign in to Gmail.
• In the Chat section of your Gmail, select the contact you want to call. If they have a camera icon next to their name, you can make a voice or video call to them; just click Video & more.

If your friend doesn’t have a camera next to their name in your chat list, you can invite them to download the Gmail voice and video chat plug-in from the Video & more menu in a chat window. Even if your friend doesn’t have a video camera, you can still make a voice call or a 1-way video call.

I think this is a great feature as I’ve had to find alternatives for video chat, but prefer the google chat as a text medium. It’s worth a try, anyway, just to see if maybe it will help integrate the usability to regular chatting.

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