Gmail Voice and Video Chat is Finally Here!!

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it simple for Malaysians and people around the world to chat in high-quality video within Gmail - all for free.

Now Malaysians can make video calls to friends and family and cakap-cakap all you want, all for free, right alongside your email.


Here’s how to get started with Gmail voice and video chat:

1. Go to mail.google.com/videochat and download the Gmail voice and video
   chat plug-in
   
2. Be sure to restart your browser when asked
   
3. Sign in to Gmail
   
4. In the Chat section of your Gmail, select the contact you want to call. Click on ‘Video & more’ in the lower-left part of the chat window
   
5. Click either ‘Start voice chat’ or ‘Start video chat’. If your contact doesn’t have a web camera, you can still have a voice call or a one-way video call
   
6. If you’d like to make the video area full screen, just move your cursor over the video chat and click the icon in the upper-left corner
   
7. When you’re done chatting, just click the ‘Hang up’ button

Check out the full descriptions here.

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