Google Talk gets three new features

July 28, 2006

The testing version of Google Talk has been updated to include voicemail, file transfers and music status — three features that were much needed. In particular, the voicemail feature has been in the rumor mill since February, and it’s good to see it has finally arrived. You can read about these new features on the “what’s new” page for Google Talk.

File Transfer
With this top requested new feature, you can send unlimited files and folders to your friends through Google Talk. There is no restriction on the file type or size and the peer-to-peer transfer is fast and reliable.

Google Talk allows you to send files to your friends, right from your chat window! You can share photos, videos, or documents with the click of a button - there’s no restriction on file size or file type. Sending a photo will insert a preview of the image directly into the chat session, so that your friend can see it right away. Other file types can be opened from the chat window, and will launch in their default application*. They’ll also be saved to your hard drive for later.

Voicemail
If a friend isn’t around to answer your call, now you can leave a voicemail. You can even leave voicemail messages for your friends who don’t use Google Talk–they’ll receive an email with the message attached as an audio file

Music Status
Listening to music while on Google Talk? Now you can let your friends see what you’re listening to by selecting “Show current music track” in your status menu. Your status message will change when your song does!

For more information or download to go google “what’s new“