How to connect Pidgin to Google Hangouts

I've followed several Howto's with no success. Do I need a special type of account perhaps? I did turn on access for less secure apps. Is there a waiting period for Hangouts after creating a new Google account?

I don't use Google Apps but there seems to be some suggestion that I need something pertaining to G Apps.

Errors:

10:15:52) skype: Sending: 'SEARCH MISSEDCHATMESSAGES'
(10:15:59) proxy: Connecting to google.com:5222.
(10:15:59) proxy: Error connecting to google.com:5222 (Connection timed out).
(10:15:59) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection timed out
(10:15:59) proxy: Attempting connection to 64.233.177.100
(10:15:59) proxy: Connecting to google.com:5222 with no proxy
(10:15:59) proxy: Connection in progress

Note that I've also tried "gmail" instead of "google". I'm using 2.10.12