Google Talk

Welcome to Google Talk Labs Edition

Top Known Issues

Google Talk, Labs Edition is an experimental release and has a few known bugs or missing features. Here's a list of issues:

  • Avatar pictures can not be uploaded
  • Voice calls and file transfers can not be performed
  • Duplicate chats show up while chatting from within Gmail while Google Talk, Labs Edition is running
  • Google Talk, Labs Edition does not support some authenticated proxies
  • YouTube or Google Videos do not provide the ability to seek outside the currently buffered content
  • Copy/paste not fully functioning in chat windows. This is a limitation of having a Flash-based user interface.


Don't see your issue listed above? Email us at labs+googletalk@google.com or go to our Google group to discuss it with other users.