Lost AIM access in Gmail chat? Check your language settings

Filed under: Troubleshooting

Did you know that you can chat with your AIM buddies using Gmail's built-in chat? It's actually been a feature since 2007, but at some stage it seems like Google hid it away. For some reason, if you're using any display language other than English (US), you can't use the AIM integration.

Fortunately, it's just a matter of hitting Settings in the top right of Gmail and changing the Gmail Display Language to English (US). You can then sign into AIM by clicking the little down arrow next to your Gmail chat status.

Of course, this doesn't help you if you want to use a non-American display language. It doesn't even work with British English! Crazy.

Lost AIM access in Gmail chat? Check your language settings originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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