Google has finally introduced video chatting in Gmail allowing users to talk face to face without having to punch in the keyboard to communicate. Gmail users who are using Windows xp or Vista or even Mac can now expand their chats to include live audio and video with their contacts.

Google is offering browser based voice and video chat as an extension to Web mail and instant messaging which is quite different to what was served by the Gmail’s competitors. You gotta download IM clients of Yahoo, MSN and Skype to do video calling.

The features requires a pluginwhich is available for both PC and MAC OX . The Linux users will have to wait for some tie before they can have this feature. In order to use the video or voice chat, PC users will need Windows XP or higher, and Mac users will need an Intel-based machine running at least OS 10.4.

You can download the plugin from the Gmail’s site.

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