Google Talk App Retirement - does this affect eMClient?

Will this announcement affect the chat function in eMClient or just the Google Talk Client for those without Hangouts enabled?

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2014/10/notification-re-google-talk-app-for.html

Hi, eM Client’s chat feature should remain working after this announcement, the feature is using a standard XMPP protocol, discontinuation of an existing google application should cause no issues.

Hope this helps,
Paul.