nbrunzie

Q: How do I get Messages to send Google Talk chats to more than one person?

I currently am using Google Hangouts on my Macbook Air to chat with a group of 2 friends, and am wanting to get Messages set up to support the group chat. But when I put my Google info into the Messages app it only lets me chat with one person at a time. If I try to send a message to the group it allows me to type and press enter, but then nothing ever actually sends. I have both a Google account added and a Jabber account add that are both to the same email. Both don't work...

 

I've tried using the chat room feature, but when I go to set up a chat room all the options to click are greyed out and it never recognizes a chat room name:

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I've read numerous threads about this problem and tried all the server side settings that are recommended here:

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I've also checked my Google account settings and made sure that outside access was allowed and SSL was turned off.

 

But still nothing helps...

 

Here's my computer and OS info:

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Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 29, 2016 2:11 PM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Apr 30, 2016 1:05 PM in response to nbrunzie
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    Apr 30, 2016 1:05 PM in response to nbrunzie

    Hi,

     

    If you can chat 1-1 from a Google account then it is logged in and working.

     

    This Help item might show where the issue is https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161886?hl=en-GB

     

    It seems that Google Hangouts allows Groups chants in  Browser.

    GoogleTalk (Gmail based IDs)  seems to be on the way to being side lined.

     

    From that, the method of adding multiple Buddies to a Google based Jabber chat  at the beginning to create a group chat seems to no longer to work.

     

    It might work if the groups chat was started elsewhere and you were invited to it.

     

     

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