<p>Microsoft is integrating support for Google chat into its Outlook.com Web mail, company officials announced on May 14.</p><p>The Google Talk integration will be implemented similarly to the way Microsoft already integrates Facebook and Skype messaging from inside Outlook.com, according to a new post on the Microsoft Outlook blog.</p><p>Microsoft said users should expect to be able to send an instant message to Google contacts with a single click "over the next couple of days." Microsoft built the support using Google's application programming interfaces (APIs.)</p><p>As Neowin noted, "Google's chat integration is widely used among Gmail users and Microsoft knew this would be one of the reasons users might hold-out on switching to Outlook.com."</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-adds-google-messaging-support-to-outlook-com-skydrive-com-7000015351/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://memeburn.com/2013/05/outlook-com-now-lets-you-chat-with-your-google-friends/">Outlook.com now lets you chat with your Google friends</a> (Memeburn)</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/microsoft-brings-google-chat-to-outlookcom-skydrive-020911.php">Microsoft Brings Google Chat to Outlook.com, SkyDrive - CMSWire</a> (CMSWire)</p><p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/05/14/microsoft-takes-a-swipe-at-gmail-by-embracing-google-talk/">Microsoft Takes a Swipe at Gmail by Embracing Google Talk</a> (Wall Street Journal (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dE7fRSV5amTgFHM-8_eEWkywTCNXM&ned=us">62 additional articles.</a></p>