How do I set up Google Talk in Pidgin?

Question

When I try setting up Google Talk in Pidgin. I get the message:

Unable to Connect

EDIT:

(I have it working in Digsby fine)

Here is my setup:

Solution 1

Google created the new Google Hangout, that replaces also Google Talk, and seems that XMPP support has been removed.

But there's a partial solution: enable access to Gmail from "less secure apps" and Pidgin will connect to it.

Solution 2

I used:

in the Basic Tab:

Protocol: XMPP
Username: myusername (without @mydomain.com)
Domain: mydomain.com
Resource: (left this blank as default)
Password: mypassword
Checked Remember password

in the Advanced Tab:

Connection security: Require encryption
Connect port: 5222 (default)
Connect server: talk.google.com

If your account uses Two-Factor Authentication, generate an app password and use it as the password.

Solution 3

I had to use Pidgin version 2.10.9, with the following settings:

Protocol: XMPP
Username: <Gmail user name> (without @gmail.com)
Domain: gmail.com
Resource: <blank>
Password: <app-specific password>
Remember password: Checked

In the Advanced Tab:

Connection security: Use Old-style SSL
Connect port: 443
Connect server: talk.google.com
File transfer proxies: proxy.eu.jabber.org (the default)

I'm not sure why I needed a different port than the other answers. Because I use two-factor authentification, or am behind a corporate firewall?

Solution 4

1. Create an app-specific password for pidgin

2. Add a pidgin account

   • Protocol: XMPP
   • Username: (your google username)
   • Domain: gmail.com
   • Password: (your app-specific password)

3. That's it! There is no step 3!

Solution 5

Pidgin comes preconfigured with an option in the drop-down menu called "Google Talk", which has all the settings already done. Type in your username/password and you should be able to connect.

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Comments

[nhinkle]

I checked my configuration - it looks the same, but in the connect server box it's just blank, which appears to be the default setting for Google Talk. Perhaps try taking that out and see if it works?

[Alison R.]

Having the same problem. Did you ever find the answer?

[Chloe]

How do you get it to work if you have a Google account but don't have a Gmail account?

[Syaiful Nizam Yahya]

i follow your guide religously but i get Not Authorized. Help.

[Cees Timmerman]

Possible duplicate of How do I set up Google Talk/Hangout in Pidgin?

[JoelFan]

When I try that, I get: Invalid XMPP ID

[JoelFan]

I tried that and it didn't help. It also changed back to XMPP.

[John S]

Are you behind a network proxy? If so, please fill in those details and try the "google talk" protocol method again.

[Tamara Wijsman]

Pidgin requires you to type them apart; so, typing them together won't work.

[David Harris]

If I remember correctly - if you select google talk in the drop down it won't allow you to use an account you have setup for your own domain because it changes to XMPP. I believe for that you have to manually configure it per yuvilo's instructions.

[Canadian Luke]

Source? That doesn't seem right

[Syaiful Nizam Yahya]

This fixed the Not Authorized error im getting. Why nobody rated this up is beyond me. Thanks.

[Admin]

Google's strategy of calling everybody else "less secure" for no reason other than promoting their own privative software.

[NotMyself]

Just to surface Nathan Adams' comment - if you're using a custom Google Apps domain, make sure you fill in the Connect server; the connection dropdown won't do it.

[DavidPostill]

Please quote the essential parts of the answer from the reference link(s), as the answer can become invalid if the linked page(s) change.

[Admin]

Note that you cannot avail yourself of this solution if your account has two-factor authentication enabled. D'oh!

[Geremia]

XMPP works in Pidgin with Google for me.