The Google Talk Blog posted today about how they listen when we request a feature. They proved that when they recently released a new version of Google Talk that incorporated sending/receiving files and voicemail capability. The most interesting part about the post is when they say “Now, we’re off to the next version. I can’t tell you what your #2 and 3 suggestions were, but I do know that they’re on the way.”
Here is the list of items from the survey (in no particular order):
- Rich text for outgoing chats
- Additional smilies or emoticons
- User profiles
- Friend groups
- Multi-user-chats
- Conference calls
Voicemail- Video conferencing
File sharing or transferring- Offline message delivery
- Mac or Linux versions
- Call and message encryption
- Calls to landlines
Notification when friends come online
Okay, so out of that list they say there are two more features that they are working on but they do not say specifically which ones, other than they were voted #2 and #3. I would have to guess that video conferencing would be pretty high on the list because everyone has a Webcam these days. Being able to call landline phones would also be cool but I am not sure what they would charge…I’m sure if it was free then a lot of people would love to have that feature.
So what could the new features be that they are working on? Google just loves to leave people guessing.
Link Gmail and GTalk with Orkut. That would satisfy all these ‘net socialites’ addicted to Bebo and whatnot – and it’d be better than MSN Spaces.
it’s gonna take a lot to get yahoo and aim users to switch. it’s not that those programs are great, it’s just the migration.
I couldn’t agree with you more…but what if Google was working on making Google Talk compatible with those networks?
Despite Google entering the instant messenger market extremely late they do have a lot of services that they can integrate it with. One thing I am still wondering is why GMail has an integrated messenger but they can’t make one for my Google Personalized Homepage.
if they made it like a gaim type messenger I would download and use it in a second.