Google Babel: The Future of Unifying Messaging Services
It appears that Google is working on a new project called "Babel" that aims to unify all of its messaging services under one roof. This means that users will be able to access their conversations across multiple platforms, including Gmail tabs, Android phones, and tablets. However, there seems to be some confusion about how the different versions of Babel will look on each device. On a Gmail tab, it may not look significantly different from the current Google Plus messaging service. But if you use Babel on your Android phone, it's expected to have a distinct interface that sets it apart from other services.
One of the most exciting features of Babel is its ability to notify users across multiple devices simultaneously. For example, if you pick up a conversation on your tablet, the notification will disappear from every other device that you own with Babel installed. This means that users will be able to seamlessly switch between devices and pick up where they left off without having to worry about missed notifications.
Video Chat Integration
Another key feature of Babel is its tight integration with video chat capabilities. Expect a button inside the Babel app that directly takes you to a video chat, which will ultimately lead to a Google Plus Hangout. In fact, it's possible that the video chat feature may be renamed to "Google Plus Babel" – but we'll have to wait and see if that happens.
Group Messaging Improvements
Google has identified several areas where they can improve their messaging services. One of these is group messaging, which currently has some quirks and hiccups. Expect Babel to address these issues and provide a more streamlined experience for users who want to send messages to multiple people at once.
Emojis and File Sharing
Babel will also include a vast array of emojis and emoticons – over 800 in total. This means that users will be able to add a lot of personality to their conversations without having to resort to using SMS or email attachments. Additionally, Babel will allow users to send pictures and videos, much like Skype.
Availability and Competition
So when can we expect to see Babel? According to sources close to the project, it's expected to be released alongside the next version of Android, also known as Key Lime Pie, at Google I/O this year. This means that it will likely launch in a few weeks' time.
One thing that sets Babel apart from Apple's iMessage is its availability on multiple platforms. While iMessage is currently only available on iOS devices and Macs, Babel will be accessible on Android phones, tablets, Chrome apps, Windows apps, OS X apps, and web apps. This means that users with Windows Phone or Blackberry OS devices may not be able to use Babel – at least not yet.
Comparison to iMessage
So what's the main difference between Babel and iMessage? The most obvious one is availability. While iMessage is limited to iOS devices and Macs, Babel aims to be available on a wide range of platforms. Additionally, Babel will have a web client that allows users to access their conversations from any device with an internet connection.
Conclusion
Overall, Google Babel seems like an exciting development in the world of messaging services. With its unified interface across multiple devices, seamless notification system, and tight integration with video chat capabilities, it's clear that Babel is designed to make communication easier and more convenient for users. Whether or not Apple can match this level of functionality remains to be seen, but one thing is certain – the future of messaging services is looking bright.
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real problem is because they don't talk to each other their notifications don't sync you can read a conversation on one and you have to pick every single time you want to chat with someone how you want to communicate with them do you want to use google talk do you want to use google voice do you want to use google plus messenger do you want to use gmail what do you want to use you want to use a google plus hangout how do you communicate with this person it's a bit of a mess right now so babel is the expected service that google will use to essentially brand these all into one social messaging platform that basically replaces all the ones that currently exist it's a pretty smart idea it may seem like a minor thing but i'm expecting this to be a pretty solid thing pretty big chunk of what google talks about at google i o this year in 2013. so what's battle going to be like what are the features going to be like well the number one expected feature is it's going to have a unified user interface across every single platform so it's kind of a mess already right now for example with google talk you notice the way it looks on the desktop you use a google talk conversation in google plus it'll have a direct link to a hangout and it'll have a bunch of different google plus related things but if you use it in a gmail tab it looks different from that and if you use it on your android phone it looks even different from that and also knows google plus messenger is totally separate randomly inside of the google plus app tucked away in there doesn't talk to any other services for some reason so they all look different and they all don't talk to each other so google babble along with unifying all the different messaging services into one core service it'll all look the same so you know it's the same service number two is that everything is expected to sync and talk to each other so babble on every single platform will notify itself and if you pick up a conversation on your tablet the notification will disappear from every other device that you own that has babylon and number three expect video chat expect google plus hangouts to be very tightly integrated and expect your whole google plus account to be very tightly integrated into this service after all it is google making it and google already has a pretty good idea of how to build and integrate things with each other that it already controls so expect google plus hangouts expect a button inside of babel to directly take you to a video chat that will end up being a google plus hangout in fact it might even be called google plus babel but i wouldn't put money on that but again expect the chat hangout feature to be there and lastly number four expect a bunch of little improvements for example in the clients we use today like google talk and google plus messenger there are a bunch of little hiccups and quirks with for example group messaging so expect some improvements there there is also said to be more than 800 emojis and emoticons so sources close to it are pretty confident this is going to be a pretty well-built system and also things like sending pictures and maybe videos and small files the way you can with skype now so it's really taking on the bulk of all the different services we have today all at once now apple will be most successful and be able to separate itself from other services similar to this which i'll get to in a second if it's available everywhere and google's pretty good at that right now it kind of covers all its bases even though they don't overlap but if babel is available everywhere we can expect to see it right off the bat in ios on android with a chrome app with a windows app with an os 10 app and with a web app and that way it'll pretty much cover the majority of people who are going to be using the service there's no talk really about a blackberry os or windows phone app yet but hey you never know that could be a priority later now google's not blind to the competition what is the difference between this and imessage because imessage is basically apple's equivalent of this well the main difference is it's availability right now i can't use imessage if i don't have a mac or some sort of ios device so if you have an ipad or an iphone or a mac you can use imessage and talk to your other friends who have those same devices but there's no web client so your windows buddies won't be able to talk to you on imessage and it kind of talks to your sms as well so that's nice if you have an iphone but the idea of babel is to be able to use it everywhere on every single device even if you have a windows phone you can go and log into your browser and continue conversations there the same way you'd be able to with gmail so overall babel may seem like a minor thing at first but i've gotten so many questions about it that it's turned out to be a pretty major thing in my mind as we approach when can we expect to see it i would expect to see it alongside the next or latest version of android key lime pie at google i o this year so just a couple of weeks away from that and expect it it's pretty much imminent now almost the name is basically confirmed we've seen leaked screenshots of the user interface and little dialog boxes that have been popping up on people's screens by accident so it's pretty much confirmed that it's going to be called babel b-a-b-e-l uh so if you guys are wondering it's just around the corner and we should be seeing it sometime very soon so that's it just a quick video talking about google babble again if you like videos like this definitely be sure to hit that like button below and the subscribe button if you want to see more and uh hopefully we'll get some pretty awesome videos coming this week and next there are some awesome awesome videos coming up i can just tell you that guarantee it either way thanks for watching and i'll talk to you guys in the next one peace and if you want bonus points google throw chat heads in there youhey google define babel a confused noise typically that made by a number of voices all right then this is google babble explained hey what's up guys mkbhd here and let's say i get a google talk message on my phone my android phone as i'm walking into my apartment i answer the message and i start having a conversation with this person and then i put my phone down and i'm done with the conversation and then i open up my tablet and i have a new notification an unread message but i already read that message it's already completed the conversation on my phone that's fine i swipe to clear that message but then i go back to my computer and i have a gmail tab open and i have another unread notification from google talk of the same completed conversation that is just one of the problems google has with their messaging platform but the real problem right now is that google has multiple chat services multiple messaging and instant messaging services and that's the real problem is because they don't talk to each other their notifications don't sync you can read a conversation on one and you have to pick every single time you want to chat with someone how you want to communicate with them do you want to use google talk do you want to use google voice do you want to use google plus messenger do you want to use gmail what do you want to use you want to use a google plus hangout how do you communicate with this person it's a bit of a mess right now so babel is the expected service that google will use to essentially brand these all into one social messaging platform that basically replaces all the ones that currently exist it's a pretty smart idea it may seem like a minor thing but i'm expecting this to be a pretty solid thing pretty big chunk of what google talks about at google i o this year in 2013. so what's battle going to be like what are the features going to be like well the number one expected feature is it's going to have a unified user interface across every single platform so it's kind of a mess already right now for example with google talk you notice the way it looks on the desktop you use a google talk conversation in google plus it'll have a direct link to a hangout and it'll have a bunch of different google plus related things but if you use it in a gmail tab it looks different from that and if you use it on your android phone it looks even different from that and also knows google plus messenger is totally separate randomly inside of the google plus app tucked away in there doesn't talk to any other services for some reason so they all look different and they all don't talk to each other so google babble along with unifying all the different messaging services into one core service it'll all look the same so you know it's the same service number two is that everything is expected to sync and talk to each other so babble on every single platform will notify itself and if you pick up a conversation on your tablet the notification will disappear from every other device that you own that has babylon and number three expect video chat expect google plus hangouts to be very tightly integrated and expect your whole google plus account to be very tightly integrated into this service after all it is google making it and google already has a pretty good idea of how to build and integrate things with each other that it already controls so expect google plus hangouts expect a button inside of babel to directly take you to a video chat that will end up being a google plus hangout in fact it might even be called google plus babel but i wouldn't put money on that but again expect the chat hangout feature to be there and lastly number four expect a bunch of little improvements for example in the clients we use today like google talk and google plus messenger there are a bunch of little hiccups and quirks with for example group messaging so expect some improvements there there is also said to be more than 800 emojis and emoticons so sources close to it are pretty confident this is going to be a pretty well-built system and also things like sending pictures and maybe videos and small files the way you can with skype now so it's really taking on the bulk of all the different services we have today all at once now apple will be most successful and be able to separate itself from other services similar to this which i'll get to in a second if it's available everywhere and google's pretty good at that right now it kind of covers all its bases even though they don't overlap but if babel is available everywhere we can expect to see it right off the bat in ios on android with a chrome app with a windows app with an os 10 app and with a web app and that way it'll pretty much cover the majority of people who are going to be using the service there's no talk really about a blackberry os or windows phone app yet but hey you never know that could be a priority later now google's not blind to the competition what is the difference between this and imessage because imessage is basically apple's equivalent of this well the main difference is it's availability right now i can't use imessage if i don't have a mac or some sort of ios device so if you have an ipad or an iphone or a mac you can use imessage and talk to your other friends who have those same devices but there's no web client so your windows buddies won't be able to talk to you on imessage and it kind of talks to your sms as well so that's nice if you have an iphone but the idea of babel is to be able to use it everywhere on every single device even if you have a windows phone you can go and log into your browser and continue conversations there the same way you'd be able to with gmail so overall babel may seem like a minor thing at first but i've gotten so many questions about it that it's turned out to be a pretty major thing in my mind as we approach when can we expect to see it i would expect to see it alongside the next or latest version of android key lime pie at google i o this year so just a couple of weeks away from that and expect it it's pretty much imminent now almost the name is basically confirmed we've seen leaked screenshots of the user interface and little dialog boxes that have been popping up on people's screens by accident so it's pretty much confirmed that it's going to be called babel b-a-b-e-l uh so if you guys are wondering it's just around the corner and we should be seeing it sometime very soon so that's it just a quick video talking about google babble again if you like videos like this definitely be sure to hit that like button below and the subscribe button if you want to see more and uh hopefully we'll get some pretty awesome videos coming this week and next there are some awesome awesome videos coming up i can just tell you that guarantee it either way thanks for watching and i'll talk to you guys in the next one peace and if you want bonus points google throw chat heads in there you\n"
