Google gets inspired by Yahoo Messenger this time. Right into GMail chat, if someone pastes in a YouTube Link (which we often do), you’d be able to play the video link, right then and there- No opening of new tabs or windows. GMail Blog says that it is just because they want the friends of the GMail users to remain on the same page while they chat and not leave their friends waiting for ages to respond to the chats.
The folks at Google have been really trying to enhance the user experience. What more do we need from Instant Messaging? We got new emoticons, Video Chat inside GMail, and now it’s YouTube.
And oh yeah..only Google Videos and YouTube. And this feature doesn’t work on the Client, but only from within GMail. This makes me think if Google is closing down GTalk as a whole. Any predictions on the next step of integration in Google? How about some mail integration with YouTube videos? i.e. if someone sent a YouTube video link in GMail, you could be able to stream it from your inbox itself. Just a though! Cheers to Google.
Read more of it in the following posts.
New In Google Talk: Embedded Videos From YouTube And Google Video
Image source: Gmail Blog
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Google is really pulling out all the stops lately. They truly are the kings of the internet.