Google Talk for Android now with Voice and Video Chat

It has been officially announced by Google
that the Android compatible version of
Google Talk now has
video and voice chat integrated, at least the one running on the very latest Android 2.3.4, which is now rolling out for Google Nexus S devices.
Currently, with the Google Talk on Android, you can chat with your contacts but not much else. The
video and voice chat support brings it on equal with Apple's Face Time and is superior in a few
instances, for example, it works
on 3G and 4G data connections, and not only over WiFi.

Google's Android mobile operating system has been
playing cats and mice to beat Apple's iPhone iOS from the get go. It is closing the gap and Android fans will tell you there's more to
their devices which makes them better off than the iPhone, but there's still more than enough room for improvement.
With support for video and voice
chat in Google Talk, Android has an answer to Face Time and a good one at that. Along with the
fact that it works over data connections as well, carrier permitting, it also enables you to chat with your family and friends using Gmail or the desktop app. Unfortunately, the regular Android caveats apply to this
feature as well.
The advanced version of Google Talk is only available with
Android 2.3.4, the very latest update. However, Android 2.3.4 has only now started to be rolled
out and only for Google's own
Nexus S devices.
An over-the-air update should be
available to Nexus S users over the
next few weeks. Everyone
else will sure have to wait until phone makers and carriers
decide to roll out the update to customers. Considering the fact that most haven't even updated to
Android 2.3 yet, it's probably going to take much longer than a while. Note that
Android 3.0 Honeycomb has had
Google Talk with voice and video chat running since the get go.

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