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Differences with XMPP
Eion Robb edited this page Nov 15, 2019
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This plugin uses the proprietary Hangouts protocol, instead of the XMPP bridge that Google provides for legacy clients to connect to its network. The differences between using these two options in Pidgin are listed below
| Feature | Hangouts | XMPP |
|---|---|---|
| One-to-one messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hangouts Group chats | ✓ | |
| XMPP group chats | ✓ | |
| Rich text formatting | ✓ | |
| Non-gmail contacts | ✓ | |
| Receiving images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sending images | ✓ | |
| History synchronisation | ✓ | |
| Offline messages | ✓ | |
| Google Voice SMS | ✓ | |
| Mail notifications | ✓ | |
| OAuth Authentication | ✓ | ✓* |
| Share location | ** | |
| Voice and Video | ** |
*OAuth is an optional login mechanism, which Pidgin does not support
**Feature availabe in the protocol but not yet in the plugin