Google Talk (in Gmail) will be replaced with Hangouts on June 26, 2017.
nlurker:
When setting up a new Obi, it used to be necessary to use Google Talk (in Gmail) to place one call that somehow activated the service. Will new Obi activations be affected after June 26?
SteveInWA:
No impact.
nlurker:
Thanks, Steve! Do you have updated instructions that do not include these steps?
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If you do not see the Google Chat forwarding destination, then open another browser tab, log into Gmail, not GV, and use Google Chat, not Google Hangouts to make one outbound phone call. This will restore Chat to your list of forwarding targets.
If your Gmail account is using Google Hangouts, instead of Google Chat, then you need to temporarily revert back to Chat to make the phone call. To do this, click your chat avatar (the generic head and shoulders or photo you may have uploaded), and then click "Revert to old Chat" (see screenshot attached to this post). After you make the one outbound call using Chat, you can go back to Hangouts if you wish, by clicking the "Try the new Hangouts" link.
SteveInWA:
You don't need updated instructions. All you need to do is navigate to the "Legacy" Google Voice settings page, and the Google Chat setting is/will be still there, for OBi users. See the screenshots below.
The rest of the instructions are the same as before.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=8560.msg56460#msg56460
wvanbusk:
To get all the voice calling functions without google Talk do this;
1. Use gmail in the chrome browser. 2. add the google voice extension to chrome through chrome settings. 3. In gmail settings in the chat settings tab, turn chat on; also turn on desktop notifications in general settings. 4. Switch gmail to use hangouts for SMS and phone calls - integrate hangouts (e.g. Expand the Google Talk box in the left-hand sidebar by clicking the 'speech bubble' icon. Click on your chat avatar. Select 'Try the new Hangouts' option.).
Cheers
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