How to Get Gmail Video & Chat

Gmail offers different ways to contact your friends, such as text and video chat.

Both video and chat come with a Google Mail (Gmail) account. The features are free and allow you to chat with other Gmail members by text or video. To sign up for a Gmail account, you must have access to a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection. Once you have registered your Gmail account, you can begin using video and chat.

Instructions

1. Go to the Gmail website. On the lower right-hand side, click "Create Account."

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2. Fill out the form. It will ask you for your first and last name, desired username and password. Click "Create My Account."

3. Click through to your Gmail account. On the left-hand side, you will see the "Chat" bar. As you e-mail friends who also have Gmail, Google will automatically add their handles to your "Chat" bar.

4. Click on a user's handle to begin chatting with them. A chat dialog box will open the lower right-hand corner. Write your content in the lower dialog box and push "Enter."

5. Click on the camera icon to open a video with the user. Some users may not have video capabilities, which means that they do not have an active webcam. If this is the case, there will not be a video icon available through chat for you to push to activate the video portion of chat.

References

• GMail: FAQ

Resources

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