Yeah this is going to be an issue for them moving forward since Google Hangouts doesn't use XMPP as Google Talk did. Also, Google Talk doesn't support group chat through XMPP so their still limited on incorporating this. More importantly, Google can pull the plug at any time on supporting Google Talk through XMPP as they have transitioned to Hangouts which is completely proprietary .
Yeah this is going to be an issue for them moving forward since Google Hangouts doesn't use XMPP as Google Talk did. Also, Google Talk doesn't support group chat through XMPP so their still limited on incorporating this. More importantly, Google can pull the plug at any time on supporting Google Talk through XMPP as they have transitioned to Hangouts which is completely proprietary .