Re:Facebook Messenger protocol in Pidgin
by greyman on Thursday January 14, 2016 @06:00AM
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Indeed. But it should be noted that their main competitors like Google chat or Skype also do not support it.
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Re:Facebook Messenger protocol in Pidgin
by jconnop on Thursday January 14, 2016 @06:11AM
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Google chat supports it. Though IIRC they disabled federation - so you can only chat to other google users.
Re:Facebook Messenger protocol in Pidgin
by arnvald on Thursday January 14, 2016 @11:43AM
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Wasn't Google chat replaced by Hangouts, which does not support XMPP?
You can log into an @gmail.com Hangouts account through XMPP. The instructions on https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoGtalk worked for my account which is also accessed by Hangouts on Android L.
(At least person-to-person messaging works well - I have not attempted group chats or video or stuff)
Indeed. Google voice texts, group chats, and video stuff do not work. I get incoming audio chat requests on pidgin for google voice calls, but they don't work.