Google Sets the Date for the End of XMPP with Google Voice
mo832:
With 6 months to go, here's hoping we eventually get one or both of the following possibilities, in order of preference.
1. Obihai comes up with a firmware upgrade that will allow the existing boxes to work with Google Hangouts.
2. Obihai introduces new models of their devices that are designed expressly to work with Hangouts in a manner virtually the same as the current equipment behaves.
I don't understand the technicalities, but it seems like either choice would be feasible if the desire is there.
Time will tell...
gderf:
One can always hope. The larger problem with anything along these lines is what Google thinks about how it does or does not fit within their TOS.
mo832:
Quote from: gderf on November 15, 2013, 11:51:26 am
One can always hope. The larger problem with anything along these lines is what Google thinks about how it does or does not fit within their TOS.
Very true. I was thinking that myself. That's where the "desire" part comes in, which also includes Google.
But we can also hope that if for some reason Google doesn't like the idea, they might come up with their own device ala chromecast or something like that for phone functions.
carl:
Quote from: mo832 on November 15, 2013, 10:16:28 am
With 6 months to go, here's hoping we eventually get one or both of the following possibilities, in order of preference.
1. Obihai comes up with a firmware upgrade that will allow the existing boxes to work with Google Hangouts.
2. Obihai introduces new models of their devices that are designed expressly to work with Hangouts in a manner virtually the same as the current equipment behaves.
I don't understand the technicalities, but it seems like either choice would be feasible if the desire is there.
Time will tell...
Not happening.Obi made it very clear that they would not go into hangouts and that may 14th is the last day with Google. I guess they do not want to get sued.
Usetheforceobiwan:
Quote from: carl on November 15, 2013, 04:37:20 pm
Not happening.Obi made it very clear that they would not go into hangouts and that may 14th is the last day with Google. I guess they do not want to get sued.
I am not sure that Google can lock third party access to GV after XMPP support is removed. From the reading I have done about WEBRTC, it's an open standard that Google and others are pushing to allow application independent (i.e. web browser accessible) communications which include chat, audio and video. This could impact other communication platforms, Skype included. Seems to me that if you come up with a device which simulates a WEBRTC enabled web browser and give it a means to connect to a sip portal, you are not technically violating the GV TOS. What suggested this to me was the WEBRTC button at obitalk.com you can now use to call into your OBi via the OBitalk network to reach the AA and dial out.
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