New Delhi: Four months after Google shut down its famous social networking site Orkut, the internet giant now plans to take down its Gtalk messenger (Google Talk) services once and for ever on February 16.
Millions of users, who have been using Gtalk messenger since a long time, will now have to switch over to the Hangout service irrespective of whether they like it or not.
Hangout popularly known as the “Google Hangouts” is an instant messaging and video chat platform developed by Google. It is the future of the company and hence taking down Gtalk is the most logical thing Google could do now.
Signs of Gtalk going down became obvious when Google decided to cut support (security and version) for the desktop application bringing its end closer to reality. As highlighted by Google, the 'IM service will be wholly replaced by the Hangouts app, which can be used only via its Chrome web browser.
Users can send their last message via Gtalk on February 16 and after that it'll be history just like Orkut.
Hangout hasn't been liked by all users but with phone-tablet-PC integration becoming need of hour (something Microsoft has tried with Windows 10), the transition was bound to happen sooner than later.
WhatsApp has now moved to PCs as well and that has made Gtalk all the more redundant. So with Hangout service, Google wants to make instant messaging interactive with visual appealing experience.
