Now everybody will be able to use Google's VoIP service and not just its web mail users. Up till now Google Talk could only be used by people who had an account on Gmail. This is being done in order to make the service popular among the people. A few features can still only be used by gmail account holders such as mail notifications and chat histories.

We have seen that Google Talk has not been as popular as it was expected and the company is trying to revive it before it fades among the various VoIP services on the offer.