If you want to see which of your friends are currently using their Android device, Chad Y developed a nice little tool. Now you will know if someone is chatting from their phone instead of a keyboard. Just login to Gmail and enable the feature under Labs.

Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs, and you’ll see a robot icon next to people who are currently using Android phones. In the case below, Shirley is online with Android, Nicolle R. is using regular Gmail chat, and Chris I. is currently away but also on Android. Slatka is not an angry robot — she’s online with Android but currently busy.

Also, just so you know, and Android icon is included in the native Google Talk client for Android.

[Via Gmail Blog]

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