Google has just done a new release of the GTalk client, adding the much-requested file transfer feature. The new version also includes voicemail and “music status”, which will show what song you are listening in iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player and (interestingly) Yahoo Music Engine.

This is a significant release, because the lack of file transfer was a real negative which meant that a lot of people who would otherwise use GTalk couldn’t.

Update: It’s also mentioned on the Google Talk Blog.