Google chats not working in Messages for Mac in High Sierra? Here's the fix!If Google Hangouts (AKA 'GChat') is not playing nice with Messages in High Sierra, read on for sweet relief!
Did you just try to send a Google chat (or GChat, or Hangout, or whatever you want to call it) via Jabber in Messages on your Mac and got the message, "Support for the targeted service Google Talk has been discontinued"? Well, that's probably because you've recently installed High Sierra and it's not talking properly with Google's chat features.
After a bit of testing and breaking things and then fixing them, I figured out how to get Google Chats to work in the Messages app on Mac via Jabber again. Here's how.
Step 1: Delete all of your Google accounts in Internet Accounts
If you have multiple accounts that you chat with others in using Hangouts in the Messages app on Mac, delete them all from your Mac. Do not delete your Apple ID, Game Center login, or iCloud account, even if it uses the same email address as your Hangouts account. Only delete the accounts for Gmail.
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Google chats not working in Messages for Mac in High Sierra? Here's the fix!
