This will be the name that shows up on another ICQ Users Contact List. For more tricks on how to manage AIM or ICQ contacts in Gmail Chats, visit Google Help Center. Enter Your First Name Enter Your Last Name Enter a Nick Name. And, you can start chatting with your friends at AIM or ICQ by simply clicking on their names. Beside, all third party IMs are searchable just like the Google Talk contacts. To differentiate the AIM or ICQ contacts from Google Talk contacts and Gmail users, a small AIM icon is appended at the end. Once log in and connected, the buddies, friends, or contacts from AIM or ICQ will populate the Gmail Contacts list.

Although not advertised, Gmail users can actually also login and connect to ICQ network using their UIN (Universal Internet Number or Unified Identification Number) with its password. Gmail users can now sign in to AIM account to chat with AIM buddies from within Gmail webmail interface. Now Gmail Chats has added interoperability capability with other IM networks, namely AOL Instant Messaging service AIM. With integrated chat in Gmail, users do not need to download and install Google Talk client and still can send instant messages to friends and buddies in Google Talk or contacts in Gmail. Gmail has integrated chat functionality which automatically connects and talks with Google Talk, a VoIP (voice over IP) and instant messaging service by Google.

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