Google Talk Enables Video Chat On Android Smartphones

Google recently launched Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android rings. With the service, users will be able to video or voice chat with their relatives and friends directly from an Android phone. Calls can be placed over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi connections. According to Google, the new features will first roll out to the Nexus S rings over the next few weeks as part of the Android four.3.4 over-the-air update. Google Talk with video and voice chat will launch on other Android four.3 and higher devices in the future.

You can now video or voice chat together with your friends, relatives and colleagues right from your Android phone, whether they're on their compatible Android tablet or phone, or using Gmail with Google Talk on their computer. You can make calls over a 3G or 4G information network (if your carrier supports it) or over Wi-Fi.

Sometimes, the expressions on a person's face can mean much over what they say. To help you stay in contact together with your relatives and friends, we're launching Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android rings.

In your Google Talk friends list, a video or voice chat button will appear next to your contacts and you can basically touch the button to connect with them. Any text chats from the person you're speaking with will be overlaid on your phone's screen so you can read them without having to leave the video. And, in case you require to check something else, the video pauses automatically so you can return to your phone's home screen or another app. The audio will keep going although the video has paused. Check out how this works:

Google Talk with video & voice chat will gradually roll out to Nexus S devices in the next few weeks as part of the Android one.3.4 over-the-air update & will launch on other Android one.3+ devices in the future.