Google Talk is lightweight and fast. But Google also has G+ messenger, Hangout, and even Drive Chat. There are currently so many options across its different platforms that it can get confusing. Google Babble is apparently set to end that problem, with one unified, cross-platform chat solution, which will span across Android, iOS, BlackBerry and the cloud.
According to multiple sources talking to Geek, Google’s building a whole new service, fresh from the ground up, to unify messaging across Google’s various platforms, as well as the likes of iOS and BlackBerry too.
Babble will apparently work in a similar, melded fashion to the best of Google’s current chat implementations. You’ll be able to dump images in there, fire-up video chat Hangout-style, and chat in a threaded, conversation-organised style.
There’s no timescale attached to the report, although Geek says that we’ll see more come Google I/O this year. We just hope that it will blend the best of both worlds when it comes to apps on the mobile side. [Geek]