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While there are plenty of video calling applications for Android, a native one that works with other Android devices, like tablets, or over Gmail is awfully useful. After all, you might want to have video calls with friends and family members who don’t own Android devices, but you’ll be able to video chat with them if they’re near a computer and use Gmail.
Thankfully, there won’t be any Wi-Fi limitations for this — it will work over your carrier’s 3G or 4G networks unless they purposely block it, and they’re well within their right to do so. It’s annoying, but let’s just hope this isn’t the case.
So, when is the feature coming to your phone? Depending on your software version, maybe never:
Google Talk with video and voice chat will gradually roll out to Nexus S devices in the next few weeks as part of the Android 2.3.4 over-the-air update and will launch on other Android 2.3+ devices in the future. To learn more about using video and voice chat, check out our Help Center.
It might be a bit of a bummer, but many newer devices may end up getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread in the future, so don’t give up hope. Just don’t hold your breath.
To see more of video calling in Android, see the video below.
About The Author
Marc Flores
Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.
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