18Web-Hangouts got its own website Google Hangouts has finally grown up and moved out of its parents’ – Gmail and Google+ – home. Today, the application’s web-version has officially started its independent adult life at hangouts.google.com. In the past, if you wanted to chat with your friends via Hangouts you needed to log into your…
11Material Design now in Google Hangouts! On Monday, August 10, Google Hangouts got an update for Android devices. 4.0 is the latest version of the messaging app. To refresh your memory, a similar update came out for iOS a month ago. Now iIt seems that Android owners have once again caught up. Google Hangouts for…
06Google lets users broadcast slide presentations during Hangouts video calls Google is expanding the function list of its product Google Slides – Microsoft’s direct and successful PowerPoint competitor. This year, the company has already given the users of this product the possibility to present their slides on any device with Chromecast and AirPlay. And now…
31Messaging apps and smart watches The IT crowd has not yet made up its mind on how it feel about smart watches. Some companies see a new way of interacting with clients and an incentive to develop their products. Others, however, are skeptical about the latest gadget. For example, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger aren’t rushing to…
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01Google Hangouts for iOS Google has updated its Hangouts app for the iOS platform. The update contains changes to do with the user interface: now there is a new “menu” button in the contact list section and a button for opening chat windows quickly. Besides, chat clouds now look different and so does the user interface…
05On Tuesday evening, the US President signed the USA FREEDOM Act. This new legal act is supposed to change the National Security Agency data surveillance programs on phone tapping and collecting data about the users of telephone providers in the US. What has it got to do with messaging apps? Everything, in fact. We have…
04Developed by Google on May 15 2013, Google Hangouts is an instant messaging and video chat platform, to say the least. Judging by the info presented by the company, this piece of software replaces three services right off the bat: Google Talk, Google+, Google Videos. Here we present you with Google Hangouts review. App background info:…
25A new Hangouts update from Google will make users break up with the popular app Adium. Renewed Hangouts would allow to see your contacts on the left, and your chats on the right. Such new design is very convenient from the user perspective. Users will also love the new design of the app, which is…
15Hangouts Messenger that emerged as a separate app had to struggle for its popularity. It is as good as other apps of its type and this secures it equal opportunities for competing. It has an ace up its sleeve, though: the world’s most widely known name of its developers – Google. Upon hearing the name…