The good news is, you won't even need Google Talk. The bad news is, I have no idea when you'll be seeing this feature bestowed upon us. Anyone signing in to Gmail today will see a little blurb to the left explaining the Talk feature will eventually get glommed straight into Gmail's interface. I can only assume this is another Ajaxian trick, similar to Meebo, where you can already sign in to Jabber client IM's anyway. Having this in the Gmail interface could be pretty handy for some, but I can see it being a nuisance for others. More details of what it'll look like on Gmail's chat page. One nice feature is the ability to save those chats directly in the web interface, which could also just be another way to fill up that space Google keeps doling out. And I just had to throw this in because it's Google-related and topical: you can now see all the Superbowl ads on Google video. As if you weren't wasting enough time at work.

UPDATE: It's showing up in mine and others' Gmail. Anyone else out there see it? A little "Chat" icon... You can only save chats in there for now, live chat coming soon.