Google Talk New
Google Talk, the instant messaging and PC to PC voice-chat software from Google has a new version. Google Talk offers better voice quality than its counterpart Yahoo Messenger. Furthermore, there is no popup or unwanted add-ons in Google Talk.
The new version number of Google Talk is 1.0.0.92. The text chat interface has various themes like BubblePicture, ClassicPicture, SerenePicture etc, which can be accessed via
Settings >> Appearance >> Chat Theme
Added to this, we can show a picture on our gtalk profile. Some pictures are already there preinstalled. We can add our own pictures too.
A Gmail icon with number of mails in inbox is also shown at the bottom. On clicking, Gmail Inbox is loaded in the default browser.
When a friend comes online, a notification is shown even if you have minimized google talk. This feature should be enabled manually by going to
Settings >> Notification >> Friend Online
A few graphical elements have been added making Google Talk more user-friendly and interesting.
Google Talk | Google Talk (testing)