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Is this still possible from gchat? That used to be (and possibly still is) an option if I recall correctly.

• gk1 12y ago
  Gchat is now called Hangouts.
  • smeyer 12y ago
    So did they take the ability away and then bring it back or was it persistently available?
    • gk1 12y ago
      I have no idea. The gchat/gmail/hangout integration has been confusing me for many months. To this day I'm never really sure where I'm signed in to any of them or just some of them or none of them.
  • untog 12y ago
    It is actually still available in Gmail - you can opt out of Hangouts. For now.
  • hobarrera 12y ago
    No, Hangouts is a replacement for Gchat, with a different feature set. There are some new features, but communication with non-google XMPP users is being dropped (so as to lock in users as much as possible). That's one a the main reasons mean people avoid it - since it would mean loosing contact with many users.