> Their Android application still didn't support federated contacts even when it was based on XMPP If I remember correctly, it did, and then they removed the f

> Their Android application still didn't support federated contacts even when it was based on XMPP If I remember correctly, it did, and then they removed the feature. They claim it was due to spam, but really, there are a number of ways to solve that problem without removing the feature entirely (ranging from better spam-prevention heuristics to requiring an explicit opt-in). Hangouts is in all ways inferior to Google Talk. It's really a shame.