Google releases Google Talk code and API

There's still no sign of an official Google Talk client for Macs, but since Gtalk uses Jabber it is easy enough to use iChat to IM with Gtalk people. However, the coolest part of Gtalk is the voice over IP component and that certainly doesn't use Jabber, so we Mac users are out of luck.

That is, until Google released the code and API that makes the voice portion of Gtalk work. I imagine it is only a matter of time before some enterprising Mac developer integrates this functionality into a preexisting IM client (Adium, Proteus, and Fire, I'm looking at you).

Thanks, Steve.

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Source: http://code.google.com/apis/talk/index.html

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Michael

I wonder if someone can write a plugin for iChat to make it use it? I guess if it becomes the official standard then Apple will add it, but that may be a whle.....

December 16 2005 at 3:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Max

However, the coolest part of Gtalk is the voice over IP component and that certainly doesn't use Jabber The extension for audio chat that Gtalk implements is in fact the proposed official extension to the XMPP (Jabber) standard. So actually, it certainly does use Jabber for voice over IP!

December 16 2005 at 12:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply