Let’s first acknowledge that Gchat was never officially called Gchat. Launched in February 2006, Google named it Google Talk, refusing to refer to it by its colloquial name. For anyone mourning its ...

Pretty soon, Gmail is going to look very different from what you remember. On June 26, Gchat as we knew it will cease to exist, and Google Hangouts will take its ...

One of the best parts about using Gmail is Gchat, the instant-messaging function that lets you chat with other Google users and still look like you're the most productive person in the room. The handy ...

As part of Google’s ever-confusing plethora of apps, Gchat was a service that managed to take hold because of its convenience and the fact that it was built into Gmail. Now, the service is scheduled ...

Proving that 2017 truly has no mercy on the good, Google is discontinuing Gchat, effective this June. While Google Hangouts will remain in tack, its predecessor, the medium that eased you out of AIM ...

Today marks the official end of Google Talk, or Gchat. As Google warned earlier this year, the company is making anyone still on the older messaging platform transition to Hangouts today. Gchat ...

The Google messaging platform, Gchat, is being laid to rest on Monday. As reported by Slate, it was a way to for an entire generation to instant message at work before the days of Slack. Gchat enabled ...

Those of us still recovering from the Google Reader massacre might want to sit down to read this one. Starting in June, Google will kill off yet another of its most beloved products — this time, the ...

Today, supposedly, marks the end of an era. The oft-imitated but never topped Google Talk is dead, and will officially be replaced by Hangouts. But amid the funeral being held for Google’s very good ...

Google Talk — affectionally known as “Gchat” — is finally getting replaced for good. Google actually released Hangouts back in 2013 as a more feature-filled chat service to take the place of Talk in ...

Yes, Gchat is down. Google Talk went down around noon today. Here’s what you need to know about the outage. What am I supposed to do when Gchat isn't working? Facebook chat is not an acceptable back ...

Starting in June, Google is saying good-bye to one of its most beloved products, Gchat. Officially, the chat app’s name was Google Talk; Gchat was just what hip, personal-computer owners started ...