Embed Hangouts in Pidgin - Here's how

You can also integrate your Hangouts chat in Pidgin. This makes communication with your friends a lot easier for you. This practical tip tells you exactly how to proceed.

Embed hangouts in Pidgin - so it'll work

If you want to integrate your Google Hangouts chat in Pidgin, you only need to set up the account correctly. For this you need the protocol and your user data. Below we show you how to do it:

1. Download Pidgin and install the tool.
2. Start the program after successful installation.
3. In the first step, select the "Add" option to add a new account.
4. Enter the following information:
5. Protocol: XMPP
6. User: Your username (if your email is " ", "test" is your username).
7. Domain: Enter the part after the "@" sign (in our example "chip.de").
8. Password: Your account password. Note: If you have activated two-step authentication in your Google account, you must generate and use an application-specific password.
9. Also activate the options "Save password" and "Notification of new emails".
10. Then you have to switch to the "Advanced" tab.
11. Select "SSL / TLS required" and confirm with "Save". You have now successfully integrated Hangout in Pidgin.

Use Facebook chat without Messenger: Here's how

This practical tip is based on Pidgin 2.10.11 under Windows 7. You can also use the Facebook chat in Pidgin. We will show you how this works in the next practical tip.