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Google Plus is the name you hear everywhere today. Google+ uses all major services of Google thus making it the most complete social networking site ever. It gives you an option of both Chat and Video Chat. Amazingly you can not just have to worry about your privacy issues as you did on Facebook but now you can even talk to your friends face to face by making a video call straight from your own Google+ account! This is the plus point of Google+ over Facebook. Google developers have used the same Gmail video chat algorithm to provide you with an option of both chat and video calling. Having a webcam is not a must because you can still see your friends cam with highly quality audio and video. There are however some setup guide and installation steps that you must take to successfully make and receive video calls. Lets jump straight at the tutorial.

Note: Voice and video in G+ only works with the newer version of browsers i.e. FF 2.0+, IE 6.0+, Safari 3.0+, and Google Chrome

Follow these easy steps

     2.   Congratulation you have successfully set up a Video Calling plugin for your Google+

Now you will need to learn how to make a video call on Google Plus. For that kindly read the post below:

   Make and Receive Video Calls on Google+

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Ever wonder how to make a video call chat on Google Plus or how to receive a video call from a friend during the chat? You can now not only do it  from Gmail, iGoogle or orkut but now even on the revolutionary social networking website: “The Google Plus!” Google voice and video chat incorporates technologies from Vidyo, providing you with the best audio and video quality. You can now have a face to face video conversation with your friends and family members with all fun, jokes and bliss.  You still have a 1-way video chat if you don’t have a webcam and your friend has. Lets know learn how to send and receive video calls on Google Plus.

• Text Chat
• Voice Chat
• Video Chat
• File Sending

I am sure with Facebook we just have the first option and they are still working on video Calling.

For making a video call you may first install the video chat plugin. Find installation and setup details from this link:

After you have installed the plugin then you are few steps more to go.

    3.   At left side/column you will find the chat list of your friends online and offline.

  You can see that those who are online are shown with a green icon. The green camera icon means that your friend online has a webcam attached and is available for a video call.

    4.   Simply Click a friend and a new window will pop up towards bottom left corner as shown below,

      5.  Click the Camera Icon. This will send a video chat request to your friend. He will just need to click the Accept link to accept your ring call and you are all set to start the fun! :>

Your Twitter Feeds can easily be integrated into your Google Plus Dashboard. You now don’t need to take the hassle of logging into your twitter account because now your friend tweets will be served live on your Google+ homepage. This little integration app is brought to you  by mytweetplace and this application works with all major browsers like IE, Mozilla and Chrome. Once you install this application a small twitter button will appear next to your home and photos button at your Google+ dashboard. On clicking the twitter button you can then read your real-time tweets. Not just that you can post tweets, see what’s hot on twitter, check inbox and a lot more. You will have complete control over your twitter account.

     4.   Once you allow the access you can then revisit your account to post, read and receive tweets live as shown below,

If you wish to customize your dashboard then read this post:

Customize Google+ layout