Instant messaging service Google Talk to shut down on Thursday

Google has announced that it is shutting its instant messaging service Google Talk on Thursday.
Google Talk offered both text and voice communication.
“We are winding down Google Talk. On June 16, 2022, we will end our support for third-party apps, including Pidgin and Gajim, as we announced in 2017,” the company said in a blogpost.
“To continue to chat with your contacts, we recommend using Google Chat. You can more easily plan with others, share and collaborate on files, and assign tasks with Chat’s enhanced Spaces feature. You also have the same strong phishing protections we build in Gmail and accessibility features like screen reader support,” it added.