Windows – Google chat on Windows 8 Release Preview Messaging app

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I have connected my Windows Live account (Microsoft account), Facebook account and Google account with Windows 8.

In the "People" Windows 8 app it shows as connected to Microsoft, Facebook, Google, but in the "Messaging" app it's connected only to Microsoft and Facebook.

While I can chat with Facebook online contacts and in Messaging, I can't find my Google online contacts in the Messaging app.

Seems like Google supports only sharing of contacts and not chat as of now. Does anyone knows how to get Google chat on Windows 8 Messaging?

Best Answer

Here's what i do as a work around:

  1. Download the Win 8 Chrome app (the one that runs full screen as it's own application, not within desktop
  2. Open up Google+ or Gmail, somewhere where your Google chat messages will pop up
  3. Click the Pop-out button, which will open the chat in a new tab
  4. Use the recent apps menu (by moving your mouse to the top left of the screen, then down) to move your Desktop app to the main portion of the screen, side by side with Chrome, and as long as you're still in the chat tab:
  5. Profit.

Screenshot attached.

google chat by desktop

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