Google Brings Video Chat

Today in the morning when I signed out of my Gmail I saw the official Gmail blog line Say hello to Gmail voice and video chat posted by Justin Uberti, Software Engineer at Google.

Google has launched voice and video chat — right inside Gmail.

To use voice and video chat, Gmail users will have to install a plugin from http://mail.google.com/videochat.

Justin says, “We’ve just started to roll out Gmail voice and video chat for both PCs and Macs, so if you don’t see it right away, don’t worry — it could take a day or so for this feature to be available in all Gmail and Google Apps accounts. If you want to download the plugin right away, visit http://gmail.com/videochat. And if you need a webcam, there are a few models with special discounts through November 30th (I use the QuickCam Pro 9000 myself).”

Here is an YouTube video Google has released. In the video Serge demonstrates the new voice and video chat service.