New screens of Google Babel in Gmail

The rumor has been that Babel is an effort by Google to unify its various messaging services like Talk, Docs Chat, Google+ Messenger, Hangouts, and maybe even Google Voice, but there's no indication of that in these screens. It looks more like a redesign of Talk with more of an emphasis on Google+. As you can see in the screens, the Hangout button is getting more prominent by changing from grey to yellow. And, the most telling to us is that you cannot share photos unless you are signed up for Google+, which is surely going to cause an uptick in G+ users, and probably some blowback from those who have been trying to avoid the service (as if that's even possible anymore). 

The name also seems to be confirmed with the hover dialog on the option to revert back to the old chat style. Emoticons are also getting a big bump both in detail and number. There are a ton of emoticons in there. 

source: TechRadar